Haddad Maya and Swiatek advanced to the semi-finals in Paris

The Brazilian created a surprise at the start by defeating Anas Jaber 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1. After that, the pole dominated the sixth-ranked American Coco Gauff in two sets 6-4, 6-2.

The two players will meet on Thursday. She is definitely a fighter, Swiatek said of mourning Maya, and she showed today that she fights to the last drop. We’ve played against each other before in Toronto, in similar wind conditions. Of course, it was on a different surface.

Two Canadians also distinguished themselves on the Parisian clay.

Bianca Andreescu of Ontario and her New Zealand partner Michael Venus advanced to the mixed doubles final by defeating Canadian Gabriella Dabrowski and American Nathaniel Lamons in straight sets 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4).

In the final, they will face the duo of Japanese Mio Kato and German Tim Potts on Thursday.

For her part, Leila Annie Fernandez of Quebec and fellow American Taylor Townsend defeated Taiwanese Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan in two sets 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals. They will face the American duo of Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula, the second seeds.

The Brazilian’s beautiful journey continues

At the age of 27, Haddad Maya became the first from her country to reach this stage of this Grand Slam tournament since the beginning of the Open Era, ending the path of the Tunisian, seventh in the WTA, final Wimbledon, last year’s US Open, and He is still chasing his first title.

The feel is fantastic, because the 1.85-metre (6 ft 1 in) long left-hander never made it past the second round of the Grand Championship before venturing into the Porte d’Auteuil.

The Sao Paulo native scored the greatest achievement of her career, handicapped by four operations and a 10-month suspension for positive doping tests, in July 2019. Her lawyers at the time successfully proved that it was a mistake by the pharmacy who gave him nutritional supplements.

I am very proud of myselfHaddad Maya said at the court of Philippe Chatrier. The player looked skeptical after winning her match point, as she finished the match in 2 hours and 29 minutes.

Much less than his previous match, which ended at 3:51 against Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo.

Reliable in the first round, Ons Jabeur gradually lost the thread of his match, as he abused cushioning to take advantage of his opponent’s insufficiently effective advance move.

You have to be patient, it’s not easy to keep up. I tried to stay focused on my game and not think about his gameHaddad added with Maeya.

The Brazilian managed to turn the match around in the second set tiebreak, before taking Jabeur’s serve early in the third set to seal the victory.

Swiatek dominates again

For his part, Swiatek, first-time winner at Porte d’Auteuil in 2020, has not lost a Tour since the start of two weeks in Paris. The 22-year-old Polish inflicted four 6-0 goals on her opponents, one in the first round, one in the second and two in the third. In the round of 16, she took advantage of the abandonment after six matches of the Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko (66), ill.

Speaking at Court Philippe Chatrier after his win, Swiatek said the quarter-finals are sometimes the toughest matches. She (Goff) is very young, but very experienced. I’m very happy to be in the semi-finals.

I am new physically. I haven’t spent a lot of time on the court in my previous matches. I’m ready to play again tomorrow (Thursday)she added.

Gauff certainly doesn’t find the show against Swiatek. In seven matches now, the 19-year-old American has yet to win, and even worse, she hasn’t won a round.

In the tight first set, Gauff, who tried to push Swiatek, rebounded well from down 1-3 to lose 3-3, but the world number one was able to put the throttle on to win the set.

In the second half, Goff only kept the pace up twice, before losing the next four games and losing in less than an hour and a half.

It was a tough match, especially in the first set, which was very toughAppreciate your sweetness.

Sabalenka, who is a quarter-finalist like herself, must make the young Pole at least as far as the final to stand a chance of staying on the WTA throne at the end of Roland Garros.

A year ago in the final, she dominated Gauff 6-1, 6-3 to claim her second major title. She has three now, since her 2022 US Open crown.