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Roland-Garros 2023: the program, the favorites, the anecdote, the figure... this Thursday, June 8

2023-06-08T08:21:54.259Z

Highlights: Iga Swiatek, the world No. 1, crushes the top of the table at Roland-Garros. The Pole did not lose a set and only let slip 15 games in 5 matches. Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and Czech Karolina Muchova will play in the last four. Ivan Lendl (No. 1 seed), unable to warm up, will keep his tracksuit bottoms throughout the match against American Johan Kriek.


Women's day at Roland-Garros with the semifinals. Swiatek is surrounded by three unpublished semi-finalists in Paris.


The program, this Thursday

To discover

  • Roland Garros Men's Singles
  • Roland Garros Women's Singles

Court Philippe Chatrier (from 15pm): Muchova (Rtc)-Sabalenka (Blr, 2); Swiatek (Pol, 1)-Haddad Maia (Bre, 14).

The favourite

Iga Swiatek, the world No. 1, crushes the top of the table. The Pole did not lose a set and only let slip 15 games in 5 matches. Here she is in the last square. On her way, she will find the Brazilian left-hander Beatriz Haddad Maia (27 years old; No. 14 seed) who has the distinction of having dominated her in the only meeting between them (in the 8th final in Toronto in 2022).

The player worth a look

Karolina Muchova. Her range of shots, her gestures make the Czech, fan of Roger Federer, a spectacular, attractive player. Her tournament led foot to the floor after a resounding victory of entry against the Greek Maria Sakkari opened the doors of the last four in Paris (after a major semifinal at the Australian Open in 2021). Facing the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, she will leave with the outsider sign. But for a few months, the role suits him well: "At the end of last year, I was around 200 (in the WTA rankings). You have to aim for the moon to reach the stars. And so, I can be number 3, number 5, I'm just going to take it day by day, push myself, push my limits every time. And we'll see where my limits will be one day, "says the only player in the last four not to be capped with the status of seed. Sabalenka won the only match against Muchava in the semifinals in 2019 in Zhuhau.

The figure: 3.

The number of players in the last four of the women's singles who will play their first semifinal at Roland-Garros: Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and Czech Karolina Muchova.

The anecdote

Lendl in overdress'. The semi-finals of the men's tournament in 1986 were played in a wind-winded stadium topped by a threatening sky. Ivan Lendl (No. 1 seed), unable to warm up, will keep his tracksuit bottoms throughout the match against American Johan Kriek (No. 13). He dominated Kriek 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 to advance to the second of his three titles in Paris.

The expression: spoon service.

It's a cunning service. A small forehand from below to destabilize the opponent. Nick Kyrgios or Alexander Bublik like to make them. The most famous was attempted by Michael Chang in 1989 in the 8th final against Ivan Lendl at Roland-Garros. The young American, riddled with cramps, had, with malice, surprised the three-time winner of the tournament, disillusioned by the audacity and impertinence displayed. Winner in 5 sets, Chang would then be irresistible and win the title (the only one of his career in Grand Slam) and remains the youngest winner of Roland-Garros (17 years and 3 months).

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Source: lefigaro

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