Barbora Krejcikova (33rd world) qualified Thursday at Roland Garros for her first Grand Slam final by eliminating Maria Sakkari (18th) 7-5, 4-6, 9-7 in 3:18 (including 84 minutes for the last one). set) and will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (32nd).
The Czech, who saved a match point on Thursday, will try to win her first major title, the second of her career after Strasbourg 2021. Pavlyuchenkova also climbed for the first time in the Major final, by dismissing the Slovenian Tamara Zidansek (85th) 7-5, 6-3. The Russian was by far the most successful of the four quarter-finalists with her 12 WTA trophies.