After the Roland Garros final won over Simona Halep, Jelena Ostapenko is eager to have good results on grass, despite it's not such a suitable surface for her game so far. 'When I first played on grass I didn’t like it, I really didn’t understand it', said Ostapenko recalling her first appearance in Wimbledon qualies at Roehampton as 15 years old.
'I didn’t see how people could play tennis on it. I thought grass is for soccer. But then I learned how to play on it and understood the movement. Now I really like it.' In two weeks her life changed.
She earned $2,3 million and is now World No. 12 in the Rankings, which means she earned 35 places. Also, in Riga thousands of people watched the match against Halep on big TV screens. 'It’s not scary to have the attention, it’s always nice to have fans.
Of course, there will be more pressure but I will try and deal with it. It may be difficult but I chose the life of a tennis player. I will be fine with it. There will be attention when I go home because I have made history for my country', said Ostapenko, who will play Birmingham before Wimbledon.
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