French Open day 11: Swiatek marches on as Zverev and Ruud seal semi-final spot
June 7, 2023 21:47 MYT
Iga Swiatek won her French Open rematch with Coco Gauff to reach another semi-final at Roland Garros.
The defending champion extended her winning record against the American to 7-0 with a 6-4 6-2 victory and will next face Beatriz Haddad Maia, who battled past Ons Jabeur in three sets to become Brazil’s first women’s singles semi-finalist of the open era.
Alexander Zverev made it back to the last four 12 months after suffering a serious ankle injury against Rafael Nadal while Casper Ruud defeated Holger Rune in a repeat of last year’s quarter-final.
Picture of the day
Quote of the day
Face in the crowd
Arsene Wenger is enjoying Iga Swiatek vs Coco Gauff at the French Open pic.twitter.com/qijtd6bQ5N
— Eurosport (@eurosport) June 7, 2023
Football fail
A bit of 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒛𝒆 for Ons Jabeur as Beatriz Haddad Maia makes her third successive break!#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/zOBJFxOHiT
— Eurosport (@eurosport) June 7, 2023
Jabeur kicked away a return from Haddad Maia at a key moment in the deciding set only to realise her serve had been called in.
Redemption for Kato
Advanced to the Finals! Chatelier tomorrow at 12:00 noon.(日本時間19時)
Thanks again to all our supporters.Focusing on Positive Energy together with Tim!Congrats to Aldila-Great runOur friendship and true competitiveness shines bright,&can overcome any darkess cast upon us! https://t.co/WM9DIvgV1g
— Miyu Kato / 加藤 未唯 (@miyukato1121) June 7, 2023
Three days after being defaulted from the women’s doubles, Japan’s Miyu Kato reached the final of the mixed doubles with German partner Tim Puetz.
Fallen seeds
Men: Holger Rune (6)
Who’s up next?
Sabalenka meets unseeded Czech Karolina Muchova in the first match before Swiatek plays Haddad Maia.
Britain’s Henry Searle will look to reach the semi-finals of the boys’ singles while Alfie Hewett plays Gustavo Fernandez for a place in the wheelchair singles final.