This time the four players, who made it to the women’s singles semi-finals of the French Open tennis tournament, had never reached the last four of a Grand Slam before.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova entered the final of the French Open tennis tournament for the first time after beating unseeded Tamara Zidansek in straight sets in the first semi-final on Thursday. She defeated 31 seed Pavlyuchenkova Zidansek of Russia 7-5, 6-3 in a match at the Roland Garros Stadium, the venue of the French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament.
She is the first female player from her Russia to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament since the 2015 Australian Open. She will face Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic in the final. World number 33 Krzesikva of the Czech Republic saved a match point in the second semi-final to beat 17th seed Maria Sakkari of Greece 7-5, 4-6, 9-7. Krejcikova, 25, is the fourth unseeded player to reach the women’s singles final of the French Open in the last five years.
Krejcikova won the French Open women’s doubles title in 2018. However, his previous best performance in singles was in 2020. When he had traveled to the fourth round at the French Open. It will be the sixth consecutive French Open to be crowned women’s major champion for the first time. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Barbora Krajcicwa reached the finals for the sixth time in a row at the French Open for a woman to win the singles trophy for the first time.
Earlier in the first semi-final, both the players had to struggle with their serve on the court Philippe Chatrier but Pavlyuchenkova kept the patience on the crucial points and won. Zidansek, who had never progressed beyond the second round of a Grand Slam before, made some brilliant drop shots and forehand winners but also made 33 spontaneous mistakes.
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Pavlyuchenkova said, ‘I needed it so much that I just don’t feel anything. Tennis is so much a mental game.’ Let us tell you that this time the four women players who made it to the semi-finals had never reached the last four of any Grand Slam before. On Wednesday, Krejcikova defeated rising American tennis player Coco Gauff to reach the semi-finals. Barbora defeated 17-year-old Coco Gough 7-6 (8-6) 6-3.
