Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 8, 2024 Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko walk off the court after winning her fourth round match against Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva REUTERS/Hannah Mckay Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 8, 2024 Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova celebrates after winning her fourth round match against Danielle Collins of the U.S. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay LONDON - Former French Open champions Jelena Ostapenko and Barbora Krejcikova will clash on Wimbledon's grass after the pair reached the quarter-finals in contrasting fashion on Monday.
Ostapenko, who won in Paris in 2017, raced through her 6-2 6-3 win over giant-killer Yulia Putintseva, wrapping up the match under the Court One roof in just over an hour. The Latvian 13th seed has lost only 15 games in her first four rounds and was merciless in her treatment of Kazakhstan's 35th-ranked Putintseva, who upset top seed Iga Swiatek in the last round. "I feel like I'm playing more my game, and especially in deciding moments I'm just going for the shots.
I don't care if I miss it," Ostapenko, who thumped down 29 winners, said. The 27-year-old, Wimbledon junior champion in 2014, beat Krejcikova on grass at Birmingham last year and has looked very comfortable on the surface. Krejcikova, who secured the 2021 Roland Garros title, took her time to overcome American 11th seed Danielle Collins, who struggled with a leg injury .
