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Roland-Garros: a women's square of aces, Debru the last Bleuet... ask for the program for Thursday June 2

2022-06-02T10:14:44.673Z


The semi-finals of the women's draw will be the main attractions of the Porte d'Auteuil tournament this Thursday. At the same time, Fr


Two halves or nothing!

This Thursday will be Women's Day on the Philippe-Chatrier court at Roland-Garros.

The world number 1, and main contender for the final crown, Iga Swiatek faces, in the opening, the Russian with the neutral banner Daria Kasatkina while the American nugget Cori Gauff, 18, will be opposed in stride to the Italian Martina Trevisan.

Two beautiful posters as seductive as they are surprising.

Swiatek as favorite

Since the start of the tournament, and more generally since the start of the season, there has been her and the others.

There's Iga Swiatek and the rest of the WTA world.

This Wednesday, the Polish woman with a dazzling smile, the only member of the world's top 10 still in the running, got rid of the American Jessica Pegula (11th) in two sets (6-3, 6-2).

This is the 33rd consecutive success of the world number 1.

She entered the history of her sport by overtaking Belgian Justine Hénin (32) and settling alone on the podium of players with the longest unbeaten streak of the 21st century behind the Williams sisters (Venus 35, Serena 34 ).

She will equal the eldest of the Williams if successful in the final on Saturday.

A nice birthday present for the player who turned 21 on May 31.

The winner of the Parisian tournament in 2020 will find the Russian with the neutral banner Daria Kasatkina, 20th in the world, who had never been further than a quarter-final in a Grand Slam (at Roland-Garros in 2018).

The two players faced each other three times at the start of the season: as a result, Kasatkina had only managed to take 11 games from the Pole over all three meetings.

This shows the immense challenge that awaits him.

“I have another mountain to climb, recognized the Russian.

I have the rage to win, too.

It will be a good game.

You never know what can happen in the semi-finals of a Grand Slam.

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A clash of generations

This is the other attraction of the women's tournament.

At only 18 years old, Cori Gauff is a player in a hurry.

A phenomenon of precocity.

The American had become in 2018 one of the youngest winners in the history of the Roland-Garros junior tournament.

She was then 14 years and 2 months old.

Only Capriati, Hingis and Sabatini had done better.

There is worse in comparison.

In 2019, “Coco” revealed herself to the general public by reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon at only 15 years old – and coming out of the qualifications.

Now ranked 23rd in the world, the young player won her sesame for the last four by taking the best of her compatriot Sloane Stephens (7-5, 6-2), Tuesday, who had reached the Porte d'Auteuil final in 2018.

18. At 18 years and 2 months old, @CocoGauff is the 4th youngest player to reach the 1/2 finals of @rolandgarros since the early 2000s:


🇨🇿 Nicole Vaidisova - 17 years 1 month


🇺🇸 Amanda Anisimova - 17 years old 9 months


🇧🇪 Kim Clijsters - 18


🇺🇸 Coco Gauff - 18 2 months pic.twitter.com/NSqmM7VxsQ

— Game, Set and Maths (@JeuSetMaths) May 31, 2022

In the semi-finals, Gauff will face Martina Trevisan, another rookie at this level of competition… but almost 10 years older.

The one named after Navratilova created a surprise in the quarter-finals by dominating, after a crazy match (6-2, 6-7 (7/3), 6-3) the Canadian Leylah Fernandez, 19 years old and finalist in September of the US Open.

At 28, the Italian is enjoying late success because she had never before reached 59th place in the world.

The two players have faced each other only once, in 2020. Trevisan won then.

"I had a lot of double faults, more than 10. I won't do it again this time," Gauff said.

But to be honest, for me, semi-final or not, it's just one more game.

What matters to me is the ball that arrives in front of me.

And I will give everything I have.

“I think I'm playing my best tennis and I can't wait to see what the future has in store for me,” relishes the Italian.

Whatever happens, the ladies' final on Saturday will once again be unprecedented.

Gabriel Debru, the last hope

He is the last chance to see a Frenchman lift a singles trophy this year at Roland-Garros.

The last hope of seeing a Habs succeed Luca Van Assche, winner last year, on the winners of the junior tournament.

At only 16 years old, Gabriel Debru is the last French representative still in the running.

The Grenoblois, 15th in the world junior and who has still not lost a set in three games, got rid of the Brazilian Joao Fonseca (7-5, 6-3) this Wednesday.

He will face the Slovak Peter Benjamin Privara (24th in the world junior) for a place in the last four.

A very meager consolation when we remember that last year, four Bleuets had played in the semi-finals of the junior version of the tournament.

🇬🇧 Solid victory for @gabriel_debru in two sets for the juniors!


He qualifies for the quarter-finals 🇫🇷


Well done Gaby!

#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/wv5KB0BqHs

— FFT (@FFTennis) June 1, 2022

The program :

Court Philippe-Chatrier, not before 3 p.m.:

Iga Swiatek (Pol/n°1) - Daria Kasatkina (Rus/n°20)

Martina Trevisan (Ita) - Coco Gauff (USA/n°18)

Court n°14

Not before noon:

Peter Benjamin Privara (Svk) -

Gabriel Debru

(n°14)

Source: leparis

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