Aryna Sabalenka beats Sloane Stephens 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 at Roland Garros. The Australian Open winner will play Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals.
The 25-year-old Belarusian had argued Friday that she felt "not safe" at a press conference after being pressed about her position on the invasion of Ukraine and her relations with the authoritarian president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. "It was amazing. Originally I didn't think there would be so many people in the audience. A huge atmosphere," she says.