PARIS, June 5 — Aryna Sabalenka targets a place in a seventh consecutive Grand Slam semi-final when she takes on Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva at the French Open on Wednesday,...
Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka in action during her quarter final match against Russia’s Mirra Andreeva at Roland Garros, Paris, June 5, 2024. — Reuters picPARIS, June 5 — Aryna Sabalenka targets a place in a seventh consecutive Grand Slam semi-final when she takes on Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva at the French Open on Wednesday, after fourth seed Elena Rybakina was knocked out by Italy’s Jasmine Paolini.
However, 17-year-old Mirra, the youngest woman to reach the quarter-finals since 2005, could prove a tougher nut to crack despite having failed to win a set against Sabalenka in two previous meetings. The 28-year-old Paolini, who was playing in her first Grand Slam quarter-final, continued a brilliant week for Italian tennis after Jannik Sinner also made his maiden French Open semi-final and took the men’s world number one ranking.
Sinner will usurp Djokovic as world number one next week and the Italian goes up against Carlos Alcaraz in Friday’s men’s semi-finals.
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