Here are some photos of Jelena at Les Petits As.

Quarterfinal against Julia Oloughlin

Semifinal against Belinda Bencic

 

Here are some highlights from Jelena winning 2011 Les Petits As final against Anastasiya Komandina! Jelena's grip on her forehand is crazy.

 

And lastly, here is short interview at Les Petits As with Jelena that I found on facebook.

Wilson Junior Team had an oustanding showing at prestigous Les Petit As junior tournament. Both Boys and Girls winners are part of the Wilson Team, Jelena Ostapenko and Henrik Wiersholm. Jelena Ostapenko used her Wilson Tour BLX tennis racket to take the Girls title. We caught up with the rising star to see what she is all about!

Coolest thing about playing Les Petits As?
The coolest thing was, that on final was so many people and most of them were supporting me.

Who is your tennis idol?
My tennis idol is Justine Henin, but when she isn't playing, Kim Clijsters.

If you could play a doubles match with anyone dead or alive, who would be the 3 people?
I would like to play doubles with Azarenka, Henin and Clijsters.

Best song to get pumped before a match?
Best song to get pumped before a match is Dynamite (Taio Cruz).

What is the worst trouble you have ever gotten into?
I hadn't got into any big troubles yet.

What do you love about your Wilson racket?
I like everything in Wilson racket, I can hit balls stronger and with more spin.

What's the best part of being on the Wilson team?
The best I like to play with Wilson is that I can hit strong and I can play good with those rackets.

 

She will do well at juniors because she hits the ball hard but lets hope she grows. What was the score by the way. It was nice that Komandina could stop crying to show that she came second at such a strong tournament!

 

Jelena won the final against Komardina 1-6 6-3 6-3. I don't think it's too unusual for girls this young to cry after they lose though. I remember seeing Khromacheva doing the same thing losing to Putintseva in the 2009 Eddie Herr final.

 

It must have been unforced error central to lose the first 61. Very good mental toughness though. I think I will now start to follow her career. Is she playing Tallinn in February or Fed Cup?

 

So Ra Lee def. Jelena Ostapenko 76(5) 46 61

Semmed quite close before So Ra pulled out the weaponry

 

Disappointing loss to be honest. It's actually her third first round loss in a row. She lost in the first round of Eddie Herr, Orange Bowl and now Loy Yang Traralgon. So I guess she's in a bit of a slump at the moment. She definitely has talent but maybe she's just going through a difficult period. I'm sure she'll overcome it. She's still so young. We'll see how she does at the Australian Open in a week's time.

I'm not sure if she's playing Tallinn or Fed Cup. :shrug: I definitely think she'll make her professional debut some time this year in some $10,000 and $25,000 events. I think she's a bit too young for Fed Cup. Maybe next year.

By the way I just realised I made a mistake in my previous post. I meant I saw Khromacheva cry hysterically when she lost to Putintseva in the 2009 Les Petits As final, not Eddie Herr. I don't know why I said Eddie Herr. :lol:

 

Shes definately good enough for fed cup (disappointing latvia got dropped ) but she may be a bit too young. Tallinn could be a great place to start her professional career. Also it means that some of the estonian guys on the forum could check her out for us. BTW do you have highlights of Les Petits As Khromacheva vs Putintseva. I thought it was weird when you said Eddie Her cause they would both have been 14! Australian Open will be hard. I hope she draws a qualifier or a wildcard as she is the last direct acceptance

 

By the way, the girl who beat Jelena in Traralgon is now in the semis after beating the likes of Elizaveta Kulichkova. The losss doesnt look so bad now. And I think that Jelena should play fed cup as Belinda Bencic who she beat at Les Petits As is playing for Switzerland against Australia.

 

Yep, Lee ended up making the semifinals. Also it has to be said that she's three years older than Jelena and that's a huge difference in terms of experience and development. Australian Open juniors up next.

 

Any idea of a year schedule for Jelena. I mean, will she focus on G1s or still play some lower events too?

 

Sorry I'm really not sure of what her schedule is.

Anyway she's playing the Australian Open juniors now and has a pretty decent draw, considering she's unseeded.

(16)Kyle S. McPhillips (USA) vs. (Q)Megane Bianco (SUI)
Su Jeong Jang (KOR) vs. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
Nao Hibino (JPN) vs. (WC)Belinda Woolcock (AUS)
(4)Yulia Putintseva (RUS) vs. (Q)Catherine Harrison (USA)

 

Hopefully second or third round.

 

2-6 4-2 to Jelena. Has started to pick up her game. I arrived just after the second set began. Her serve isnt good enough. Jang is killing the 2nd and sometimes even the first. Because she is smaller, she has to go for winners to keep up. I hope Jang falls away a bit. I will give you more updates.

 

Jelena got a bit lucky in the second. Jang choked a little in the tiebreak, a lot of unneccesary unforced errors. Hopefully she can pull through

 

Jelena won 2-6 7-6(4) 6-3 against Jang! Great comeback.

She plays (16)Kyle McPhillips next.

 

A miny choke at the end. Had tonnes of opportunities and ended up pushing. Jang got some momentum before jelen got lucky (2 netcords, a jang double fault and a reallllllllly long rally where jang netted a short backhand). I hope she has a good attitude in the second round and can do some damage

 

1 set all. I hope Jelena can pull through.

 

Ostapenko/Bara def. Zheng/Rosatello 64 46 105
Next up Kontaveit/de Vroome. Difficult but hopefully they make a good effort

 

Jelena got a walkover in doubles but lost 62 63 in singles to kyle.
Next she has Bhosale/Sutjiadi who hopefully her and Irina will beat

 

McPhillips is three years older than Jelena. For Jelena to win her first match here is a great achievement.

She ended up reaching the doubles quarterfinals with Bara before losing in a third set to Bhosale and Sutjiadi.

 

A great performance from Jelena. A promising year ahead. Hopefully she can get top 800 in singles ranking

 

Jelena will make her professional debut at Tallinn 10k from 13-19 of February. A nice place to start but Tallinn always draws a very strong field. Also, she will probably play the second Tallinn tournament as well.

 

Jelena is 6th alternate for qualifying in Tallinn 10k 13 feb. She should make main draw. I hope she plays fed cup, as she should make the team. Itll be sevastova, marcinkevica, dekmeijere and her.

 

Jelena is still 6th alternate for Tallinn 10k 1 and she is 13th alternate for Tallinn 10k 2

 

I'm excited for her professional debut.

 

Shes up at no. 4 alt so she should get in now. I think that instead of using national ranking, they should also use junior rankin to determine who is higher as Indy de Vroome would beat Kadi Ilves 60 60

 

$10K Tallinn:
Q1: Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d. Maria Jespersen (DEN) 63 61
Q2: Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d. (4)Chantal Skamlova (SVK) 64 64
R1: (Q)Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d. Maya Gaverova (RUS) 62 64
R2: (Q)Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs. (wc)Indy de Vroome (NED)

Great senior debut for Jelena so far with a couple good wins. Don't think she has what it takes to beat a top ten junior yet but best of luck.

 

She probably wont win but Indy has had injuries recently. Also, Juniors and Seniors are a very different mindset. For example, Anett Kontaveit plays much better on seniors tour than on juniors and she has openly said that if she played khromacheva, townsend etc. at a pro circuit tournament then she would play better. Its because she is lower ranked and there is less pressure
Hopefully some latvians go and support her. Once again I ask if any of the estonians are going?

 

(wc)Indy de Vroome (NED) d. (Q)Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 50 Ret.

Hope she's fit to play next week.

 

Shes still entered in Lithuania G2 so do you know which shell play?