French Open—Paris, France
Sabalenka to Face Swiatek in 2025 French Open Semifinal
Tuesday’s Results from Roland Garros
Tuesday’s action at the French Open saw top seed Aryna Sabalenka reach the semifinals of the year’s second Major, defeating Qinwen Zheng 7-6(3), 6-3.
Needing one hour and 57 minutes to complete her victory, Sabalenka hit six aces, won 60 percent of her first serve points and broke her Chinese opponent on four occasions.
Improving to 7-1 against Zheng in lifetime meetings, Sabalenka will next face four-time winner and defending champion Iga Swiatek in the semifinals.
The Polish star scored a comfortable 6-1, 7-5 victory over No. 13 seed Elina Svitolina from Ukraine.
Swiatek currently leads the pair’s head-to-head 8-4. The No. 5 seed has not won an event since capturing the 2024 French Open crown.
On Wednesday, No. 2 seed Coco Gauff will take on fellow American and No. 7 seed Madison Keys in a six career meeting. Keys leads Gauff 3-2 in career encounters, and has won the last two matches against the former US Open champion.
Keys, who captured the Australian Open this year, is the only player in the draw that could still win the Calendar year Grand Slam if she can triumph in Paris.
The day’s second semifinal will see No. 6 seed Mirra Andreeva take on Lois Boisson from France.
Ranked No. 361 in the world, Boisson ousted No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula in the fourth-round.
Andreeva will be the heavy favourite as she enters that encounter.
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Men’s Quarterfinals on Deck
The men’s quarterfinals will begin on Tuesday in Paris, France. First up, inform Italian Lorenzo Musetti will take on No. 15 seed Frances Tiafoe from the United States.
Tiafoe, who owns a 3-2 head-to-head lead over Musetti, has not lost a set en-route to the quarterfinals. The 27-year-old has reached the semifinals of the US Open on two occasions.
Musetti has had a great clay-court season this year, reaching the semifinals or better of every Masters 1000 event.
The day’s night cap will feature No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz facing No. 12 seed Tommy Paul.
Alcaraz has been in top form during the fortnight, while Paul has had to play multiple five set matches to reach the final eight.
The Spaniard leads Paul 4-2 in career meetings. The American has defeated Alcaraz twice on hard-courts.
On Wednesday, top seed Jannik Sinner returns to take on Alexander Bublik. Bublik managed a memorable four set victory over No. 5 seed Jack Draper on Tuesday.
Later in the day, No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev will take on No. 6 seed Novak Djokovic in a marquee match up. Djokovic currently leads Zverev 8-5 in career head-to-head meetings.
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