The curse of French Open women’s defending champions continues as Poland’s Iga Swiatek gets knocked out in the quarterfinals! RolandGarros
The curse of French Open defending champions continued as Iga Swiatek was knocked out, 6-4, 6-4, by Greek Maria Sakkari in the French Open quarterfinals, leaving the women's draw wide open on Wednesday, June 9.
The 33rd-ranked Czech saved five set points as she recovered from a slow start and benefited from her 17-year-old opponent's lack of composure. Russian 31st seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova faces unseeded Slovenian Tamara Zidansek in the other semifinal. Swiatek benefited from her opponent's early nerve to go 2-0 up, but she was not exactly settled herself, allowing Sakkari to break back right away.
The Greek saved a break point in the 10th game before sealing the set with a superb backhand winner to end Swiatek's 22-set winning streak in Paris.
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