Tamara Zidansek and Elena Rybakina set up a semifinal clash at Roland Garros following victories on Tuesday.
Zidansek was the first player to play on Tuesday and she defeated Paula Badosa 2-1. The Slovenian player complicated things in the match quite a bit but she was still able to win it. In the first set, she was down 0-3 before completely turning the match around eventually winning the first set 7-5.
She had a lead several times in the 2nd set but could not win her own service games squandering it several times. She lost the 2nd set after allowing a 4-game run by Badosa for the final score of 4-6. She was down 0-2 early in the third bit rallied to win it 8-6.
Her opponent in the French Open semifinal will be Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova who defeated Elena Rybakina 2-1 in an epic match. All sets featured a heavy battle between the doubles partner but it was Rybakina who had it going early. She had a 3-1 lead but Nastia was able to force a tiebreak. In it was Rybakina who proved better 7-2.
The 2nd set featured a strong comeback by Nastia who won it 6-2 after some stellar shotmaking. Pavlyuchenkova was more precise in rallies all day long hitting a similar number of winners as Rybakina but also way fewer errors. The final set was a rollercoaster as Nastia took an early 2-0 lead.
Rybakina came back to make it 3-2 with a break up but in the end, it was Pavlyuchenkova who won it 9-7. She won because she was simply more solid from start to finish.
29yo Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is into her first ever Major semifinal, breaking her Grand Slam QFs curse. Comes back to beat her doubles partner Elena Rybakina 6-7(2), 6-2, 9-7 in another great Women's quarterfinal. Pavlyuchenkova-Zidansek semifinal on Thursday.
