Roland Garros 2023, results: Muchova and Sabalenka, first in the semi-finals

We know the names of the first qualifiers in the last four singles of the Roland Garros tournament. On Tuesday, June 6, Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus emerged victorious in their quarterfinals against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, respectively.

• Karolina Muchova continues her beautiful journey

For the first time, the Czech Karolina Muchova (43^e) easily defeated Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (333^e), runner-up in 2021, 7-5, 6-2. At the age of 26, she achieved her career best at the Paris Grand Slam with a first-round upset of Greece’s Maria Sakari (8.^e).

Karolina Muchova broke early in the game and took the lead, which she lost in the next set. The encore, repeated in the second round, started again with an authoritarian break. It was his second chance as the Czech Republic won the match in 1 hour and 38 minutes after knocking the 29th behind.^e from the game.

He will play his second semi-final at a major after that at the 2021 Australian Open.

• Aryna Sabalenka destroys Elina Svitolina

Belarus, the world number 2, put an end to the adventure of Ukrainian Port-d’Ot. No-swing winner Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the semi-finals and finished off Elina Svitolina’s bewitching nails, eight months after giving birth. Despite his fighting prowess, the 28-year-old gave up once again in front of the bare chests under the powerful Belarusian.

The end of the match was icy in this confrontation with intense geopolitical accents. While Ukraine has been attacked by Russia with the support of Belarus for more than a year, after the last shot of the game, Sabalenka was waiting in the net for her opponent. But as every time she faced a Russian or Belarusian player, Svitolina refused to shake her opponent’s hand.