"Even in the third set I was 3-1 down and I was fighting for every point and glad it finished my way".
She's also the first Latvian to win a Grand Slam and the first unseeded female to win the French Open in the Open Era.
"It is a big thing in Latvia - they were beaming my match back to a giant screen in the city centre". I don't think I will believe it for another couple of days or weeks.
The last player to lift the French Open as their first crown was Brazil's Gustavo Kuerten in 1997 on the same day Ostapenko was born. But also in the deciding moments, I think I played pretty well in those games.
Three years ago, Ostapenko won the junior event at Wimbledon, where her style of play is well-suited. It looks like it was the right decision. Ostapenko denied Halep not only a first Slam title but also the world No. 1 ranking. "She kept Halep waiting on the baseline for almost a minute as she rearranged her towels and her bag at the start of the match". So I want to have many more if it's possible.
You'd have to think that Ostapenko, at just 20 years old, has a future that will have more trophies coming her way. "Hurts a lot and I need time just to, I don't know, to go away".
The 47th-ranked Ostapenko, only two days past her 20th birthday, raised her arms in victory after drilling a final backhand victor down the line.
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"At some point I was like a spectator on court", Halep said.
Two years later, in 2009, she would win the Open 10-12 in the 12-year-old category, at the Tennis Club de Boulogne Billancourt, a stone's throw from Roland Garros, joining Amelie Mauresmo and Justine Henin on the list of winners.
Her groundstrokes are simply massive, flat swipes of the ball that left Halep and Timea Bacsinszky, Caroline Wozniacki and Samantha Stosur - among others - grasping at shadows.
The concluding set was tit-for-tat but it was always Ostapenko striking the eye-catching shots, such as the back-hand half-volley that drew her level at 3-3. Ostapenko's average forehand speed topped that of men's No. 1 Andy Murray this fortnight.
"She had the same energy when she was little, it was very hard", Jakovleva, who coaches her daughter, told a group of reporters at Roland Garros.
At the Australian Open, Ostapenko lost her nerve in the third round when serving for the match at 5-2 in the decider against Karolina Pliskova, eventually losing 4-6 6-0 10-8. Against serve, she blasted four consecutive points to register a quick break and send out a warning to her more experienced rival.
"I have no words".
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