The Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia qualified for the first Grand Slam semi-final after her victory against the Tunisian Ons Jabeur. She is now waiting for the winner of the duel between Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek.
The Roland-Garros quarter-finals end on Wednesday, June 7, with two matches in the women’s draw, then two matches in the men’s draw. Among the women, the first meeting of the final four will offer a duel between the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, authoritarian the day before against Elina Svitolina, and the Czech Karolina Muchova, surprise of the fortnight. For men, the dream confrontation at the announcement of the potential semi-finals will take place: in demonstration against Stefanos Tsitsipas, the world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz will face the other favorite of the fortnight, Novak Djokovic, more in difficulty to get rid of Karen Khachanov.
Entertainment on the Philippe-Chatrier court
The day started with the duel between Haddad Maia (14th in the world) and Ons Jabeur (7th) who are each playing their first quarter-final at Roland-Garros. It was finally the Brazilian who won after a fight in 3 sets. It is now the turn of the American Coco Gauff, 6th in the world, who will try to take her revenge on the world number 1 Iga Swiatek, who beat her in the final last year, then Alexander Zverev will face the surprise of these quarter-finals, the Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry. To conclude this day, spectators with tickets for the last night session will be treated to another confrontation between two Nordic players: the Norwegian Casper Ruud, 4th in the world, and the Dane Holger Rune, 6th in the world. A year ago, it was the Norwegian who triumphed at this same stage of the competition.
Astrid Lew Yan Foon, dlast chance tricolor among juniors
Three French were on the courts, Tuesday, June 6, in the junior table, and none came out. In the boy’s draw, the last French representatives Antoine Ghibaudo and Paul Barbier Gazeu gave up their arms in the second round. Girls side, Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah also lost at the same level. There is therefore only one French player still in the running. This is Astrid Lew Yan Foon who will play her round of 16 in the afternoon, against the seeded number 6 Lucciana Perez Alarcon.
Pauline Déroulède is waiting for the world No. 1
Like the junior table, in wheelchair tennis, there is only one Tricolor left in singles: the Parisian Pauline Déroulède. The Frenchwoman, who had never won a match at Roland-Garros before the start of the fortnight, is opposed to the Dutch world number 1 Diede De Groot. It will take a feat against the one who has won 17 Grand Slam singles titles, including three at Roland-Garros (2019, 2021 and 2022).