The first Latvian woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in the professional era, Ostapenko credits her strong footwork to a hobby, ballroom dancing (she prefers the samba).
Asked what her best birthday present has been so far, she said: "I think maybe this one is one of the best ones". For many years, big things have happened for me at Roland Garros.
Ostapenko is the first teenager to reach the Roland Garros semi-finals since Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, and the first to play in a Grand Slam semi-final since American Madison Keys at the 2015 US Open.
Ostapenko advances to the semifinals where she will face No. 30-seed Timea Bacsinszky, who defeated Kristina Mladenovic on Tuesday.
Because of showers and heavy wind much of the afternoon, the two men's singles matches on Tuesday's schedule have been moved to Wednesday: No. 4 Nadal vs.
When the sun came back out and the covers were removed again the underdog broke a more cautious Wozniacki to lead 3-2 and continued to go for glory, an approach which worked a treat as she reeled off five games in a row, forcing a decisive error from Wozniacki with a vicious backhand.
10 - years since a teenager last made the semi-finals at Roland Garros prior to Ostapenko's run this fortnight.
She compiled a whopping 46-15 advantage in winners against the 23rd-seeded Stosur, who won the 2011 US Open.
And the ones with tickets for Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court Philippe Chatrier on Tuesday will get a refund as the quarter-finals did not last over two hours.
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The second rain interruption at the French Open was very brief, and play has resumed in the women's quarterfinals. If they both win their quarterfinals, they would meet in a semifinal showdown.
Ostapenko is looking forward to her birthday showdown against Bacsinszky, adding: "We are good friends, because we played the doubles in China previous year, and that's how I got to know her".
It is the first major since the 1979 Australian Open where no women's quarterfinalist was a Grand Slam champion.
She is the youngest French Open semifinalist in a decade. "I saw her in the gym just right after our matches today and so we both said to each other, 'Well done'".
From there, the Latvian put on a clinic, racing through the final three games, her powerful groundstrokes beginning to take its toll on the Dane and after a second break, the match was halted for three hours as the rain began to fall.
"I did my best and I tried to win today", Wozniacki said.
Caroline Wozniacki was a former world No1, twice a runner-up at the United States open, but playing her first French Open quarter-final since she was a teenager in 2010.
She held to force Bacsinszky to serve it out, and the Swiss was equal to the task, ensuring she gets to play in the semi-finals tomorrow - her birthday.
"I practiced in Bienne a few weeks ago with (Swiss player) Victorija Golubic and it was snowing".
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