Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini defeated Russian Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday to advance to the Grand Slam final at Roland Garros, where she will meet Poland's Iga Swiatek, the no. a global one.
Russian fans in agony. PHOTO: Facebook
Jasmine Paolini, ranked 15th in the world, aged 28, easily won the surprising semi-final with Mirra Andreeva, ranked 38th WTA, who is only 17 years old. For the two players, it was the first appearance in a Grand Slam semifinal.
In the quarters, Paolini eliminated Kazakhstan's Elena Rîbakina, ranked 4th in the world, in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. In the same phase of the competition, Andreeva defeated the Belarusian Arina Sabalenka, world number 2, also in three sets, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-4.
In the first semi-final, Iga Swiatek passed in two sets, 6-2, 6-4, the American player Coco Gauff, world number 3.
Swiatek has won the Roland Garros tournament three times, in 2020, 2022 and 2023, and has a US Open win in 2022. Gauff, victorious at the 2023 US Open, was defeated by Swiatek in the final at Roland Garros Garros in 2022.
French Open 2024, semi-finals
Feminine, today
Swiatek (1 WTA) – Gauff (3 WTA)
6-2, 6-4
Paolini (15 WTA) – Andreeva (38 WTA)
6-3, 6-1
Male, Friday
Alcaraz (3 ATP) – Sinner (2 ATP)
Zverev (4 ATP) – Ruud (7 ATP)
Friday's session will start after 16.00, Eurosport / Platform X.
French Open 2024 awards
*Round I: 73,000 euros
*Round II: 110,000 euros
*Round III: 158,000 euros
* Optimum: 250,000 euros
*Quarters: 415,000 euros
*Semifinals: 650,000 euros
*Access to the final: 1,200,000 euros
*Winning the trophy: 2,400,000 euros
