![]() Serena Williams, a three-time French Open champion (last in 2015), lost in the fourth round to No. Swiatek won the title last autumn as the world’s 54th-ranked player in the best combination of unheralded Grand Slam dominance in more than 40 years. 3, withdrew before the tournament with a calf tear. 2 seed Naomi Osaka, who has never made it past the third round in Paris, withdrew after her first-round win, citing mental health struggles. ![]() Sakkari knocked off defending champion and favorite Iga Swiatek of Poland in the quarterfinals after the world’s top three players were all out of the draw before the third round, none having lost a completed match.Īsh Barty, the top seed and 2019 champion, retired during her second-round match with a hip injury. Sakkari was the highest-ranked of the bunch at No. Pavlyuchenkova, Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari and Tamara Zidansek were the final four in Paris. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Barbora Krejcikova meet in one of the unlikeliest French Open women’s finals.įor the second time in the Open Era, all four women’s semifinalists at a Grand Slam were first-timers.
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