Jelena Ostapenko emerged from four years in the Grand Slam wilderness to upset American seventh seed Coco Gauff 7-5 6-3 and reach her first Australian Open quarter-final on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Latvian had stunned the world in 2017 when she beat Simona Halep in the French Open final before being written off as a "one-Slam wonder" for failing to make much of an impression at the majors in recent years.
Ostapenko was ruthless in the finish, unleashing a thumping forehand down the line to bring up match point, then clipping the line with a crosscourt forehand, her last of 30 winners, to give Gauff no chance. Ostapenko often seemed bewildered when the electronic system gave line calls against her, looking quizzically at her players' box on occasion.
"Sometimes I know I'm wrong but I feel like some balls are pretty close when I look at my team. So I want to ask them what they think about the call."
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