The 2022 tournament is coming to an end.
The last quarter-finals took place on Wednesday.
While waiting for the men, the women came into action and the Polish Iga Swiatek still seems strong.
Croatian Marin Cilic qualified for the semi-finals.
Player: Iga Swiatek
World No.1 Iga Swiatek qualified for the Roland-Garros semi-finals by eliminating American Jessica Pegula (11th), 6-3, 6-2.
The Pole thus continues her 33rd success in a row and settles alone on the podium of the longest invincible players of the 21st century, behind the Williams sisters (Venus 35, Serena 34).
She was previously tied with Belgian Justine Henin.
Jostled in the previous round by the young Chinese Qinwen Zheng (74th), who had taken a set from her for the first time since April 23, the Pole was able to raise the game at the right time against a pugnacious Pegula especially at the start of the game, despite numerous unforced errors (28 for 30 winning shots).
đŸ No one can upset Iga Swiatek.
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Swiatek, the last member of the top 10 still in contention after the hecatomb of the first week, is a big favorite at Porte d'Auteuil.
She appeared on clay in Paris after winning the 5 previous tournaments in which she participated (Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart and Rome).
In the next round, the winner of the Parisian Grand Slam in 2020 will face the Russian Daria Kastakina, 20th in the world.
The unexpected: Marin Cilic
Croatian Marin Cilic, former world No.3 now 23rd, qualified for the first time in his career for the Roland-Garros semi-finals by defeating world No.7 Andrey Rublev in five sets 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10-2) Wednesday.
For a place in the final, Cilic (33) will face the Norwegian Casper Ruud (8th) or the young Dane Holger Rune, 40th in the world at 19 years old.
Cilic, winner of the 2014 US Open, thus becomes the fifth active player to have reached the last four in the four Grand Slam tournaments, along with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.
He is the first Croatian player to achieve such a performance.
After crushing the world No.2 Daniil Medvedev in the previous round, the tall Croatian (1.98m) hit 88 winning shots, including 33 aces (for 71 unforced errors),
The duel: Kasatkina - Kudermetova
Daria Kasatkina qualified for her first Grand Slam semi-final by beating her compatriot Veronika Kudermetova, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5).
The 25-year-old Russian has still not lost a set in the Paris tournament.
She is also the player who has lost the fewest games so far.
To reach the quarters, she had yielded only fourteen.
Only Dinara Safina in 2009 (five), Serena Williams (ten in 2013) and Mary Pierce (thirteen in 2000) had done better.
And all of them had then risen to the minimum in the final.
Former winner of the junior tournament at Porte d'Auteuil in 2014, Kasatkina had already reached the quarters in Major twice on the senior circuit, including in 2018 in the Paris tournament.
That year, she had reached her highest ranking (tenth),
before marking time and going through what she herself described as a âdark periodâ which made her think about stopping her career for a time, at only 21 years old.
But for a year, it has gradually returned to the fore: N.72 at the start of 2021, it is currently ranked 20th in the world.
She had a good start to the season, with 22 wins since the start of the year (5th best performance), and had reached the semi-finals in Rome.
The one who aims to "make zero mistakes" in the Parisian tournament and not "reproduce past mistakes" will face this Thursday in the semi-final the world N.1 Iga Swiatek and big favorite of the tournament.
she is currently ranked 20th in the world.
She had a good start to the season, with 22 wins since the start of the year (5th best performance), and had reached the semi-finals in Rome.
The one who aims to "make zero mistakes" in the Parisian tournament and not "reproduce past mistakes" will face this Thursday in the semi-final the world N.1 Iga Swiatek and big favorite of the tournament.
she is currently ranked 20th in the world.
She had a good start to the season, with 22 wins since the start of the year (5th best performance), and had reached the semi-finals in Rome.
The one who aims to "make zero mistakes" in the Parisian tournament and not "reproduce past mistakes" will face this Thursday in the semi-final the world N.1 Iga Swiatek and big favorite of the tournament.
The number: 21
Born on May 31, 2001, Swiatek celebrated her 21st birthday the day before her quarter-final.
After her victory, she signed on a camera "I'm getting old but I'm still fresh", in reference to this 21st birthday, which she admitted in an interview that she did not really know how to celebrate when it fell in the middle of Roland -Garros.
"I forgot how old I am."
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The phrase
âThe schedule for evening matches can pose questions for the comfort of the players.
These are questions I ask myself too.
The balance sheet, we will do it at the endâ AmĂ©lie Mauresmo, the director of Roland-Garros about the night sessions.
The main results
Quarter-finals (women's singles): Swiatek (Pol/N.1) b.
Pegula (USA/N.11) 6-3, 6-2;
Kasatkina (Rus/N.20) b.
Kudermetova (Rus/N.29) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5)
Quarter-final men: Cilic (Cro.) b.
Rublev (Rus.) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10-2)