First set: Trevisan 3-3 Gauff * (* indicates server) Gauff starts with a double foul but quickly returns to the groove, sending his first ace up 40-15. Trevisan stays in the game, however, and doubles it again, with the referee again called from his chair to award a pair of closed-line calls.
A great deuce rally ends with a piece of Trevisan forcing a Gauff error … another breaking point (I think we’ve had them in every game so far). A couple of powerful setbacks save the day for the American, but he can’t leave a volley below, so another break-even point for Trevisan. Gauff stretches out this time and it’s another break – four in a row!
First set: * Trevisan 2-3 Gauff (* indicates server) Gauff moves 0-30 after another pair of wear concentrations and then looks at three break points after the Italian gives a direct. And she does the job the second time she asks. Three breaks on the rebound.
First set: Trevisan 2-2 Gauff * (* indicates server) If the referee spoke to Trevisan during the final change, it doesn’t seem to have made much of a difference. Gauff doesn’t seem worried about it, though, and starts to find some rhythm.
At 30-15 in this game we have a long debate about whether a ball went in or out of the bottom line: Gauff is not impressed when the referee disagrees with it. 30-all then, and a little happening in these first exchanges. And that seems to alter the pace he had found. Trevisan works with Gauff on the track from the next point, and earns another breaking point … but an effervescent service from Gauff rescues her. Deuce. The Italian, however, unleashes a fantastic volley to take the lead and a double foul means it is an immediate break.
First set: * Trevisan 1-2 Gauff (* indicates server) In the 0-15, Trevisan throws a double foul to lead a nervous 0-30. She gets the best of the next concentration, but then makes a double foul again. Two breakpoints for Gauff … and this time he’s hooked.
First set: Trevisan 1-1 Gauff * (* indicates server) Gauff starts his first game of service with a temporary volley on the net, and is also nervous about an attempt to shoot a couple of points later. That’s 30-30, with both players still looking for some pace and working on the contest. Gauff goes a long way, so Trevisan takes a first look at a breaking point … and a fierce rally ends with the Italian net. Deuce.
Gauff, very politely, goes to the referee to point out that the cries after Trevisan’s shot are so long that he’s still making noise while Gauff hits his next shot. In fact, at one point, the Italian had barely finished moaning when she had to play it next. Ump says he will have a word. Gauff pulls it off to hold on.
Coco Gauff talks to referee Marijana Veljovic. Photo: Clive Brunskill / Getty Images
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First set: * Trevisan 1-0 Gauff (* indicates server) Trevisan draws first and they start exchanging some wide direct to get the 15-15. From 30-30, however, Trevisan deviates again and gives Gauff a breaking point … which he can’t catch, deviating with a right after a long rally. Deuce then. The Italian seizes another long rally to take advantage, and then rules out a solid service that ensures grip.
Martina Trevisan opens the game. Photo: Clive Brunskill / Getty Images
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So in the second semifinal. Martina Trevisan is first on the track, with Coco Gauff not behind.
Before we focus on the second semifinal, here is Roland Garros’ Tumaini Carayol report on the first:
“Even with the gap between her and the field, this has been a huge effort for Swiatek in her first Grand Slam tournament as No. 1 and the winning streak could have been more of a burden than an asset. “She has used to strengthen her dominance on the field and, no matter who she faces, she will accept her role as an overwhelming favorite in the final.”
Martina Trevisan and Coco Gauff
Then the surprise package of the women’s raffle. The young Martina Trevisan, 28, number 59 in the world, had only been to the main Grand Slam box office seven times before this tournament. From his fourth draw, he could have expected to face Ons Jabeur, Petra Kvitova, Angelique Kerber and Maria Sakkari before reaching this point, but instead he has managed to reach a Grand Slam semifinal after facing only one series leader, Leylah. Fernández.
It has been a dream race, but it may not have come out all of a sudden: after a miserable start to the clay court season, he won the clay court tournament in Rabat, beating Garbiñe Muguruza on the way. And his only previous deep slam race came in Paris in 2020 when he reached the round of 16.
He faces No. 18 seed Coco Gauff, who reaches the semifinals without losing a set. This is the teenager’s first visit to the final four of a slam tournament, but she certainly won’t have a better chance of becoming the first 18-year-old to reach a slam final since … um … Emma Raducanu in the fall.
No one has played more games at Roland Garros this year than the American: she is also in the semifinals of the women’s doubles.
An emotional Iga Swiatek tells Marion Bartoli on the track: “It’s a pretty special moment.”
She reveals that she listened to Led Zeppelin to prepare for today’s match. beautiful.
It was 2-2 in the first set. Swiatek won 10 of the next 11 games from that point on to take the game. That’s 34 straight wins for world number one.
Iga Swiatek defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1
Second set: Swiatek 6-2, 6-1 Kasatkina * (* indicates server) Swiatek is ready for the match after just one hour of play. A sharp setback made the score 30-0. You think Kasatkina just wants to get off the track right now. She will receive her wish very soon. Swiatek’s right-footed cross from the right brings three game points … and she throws an ace to finish things off! That was complete.
Everything is too easy for the number one seed while reaching the final on Saturday. Photography: Thomas Samson / AFP / Getty Images
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Second set: Swiatek 6-2, 5-1 Kasatkina * (* indicates server) Kasatkina begins an essential service game with a wild and wide live that does not bode well for his future in this tournament. She increases the error with a double foul and is 0-30. The crowd tries to gather it again, but Swiatek is indifferent to his requests for clemency. A crunchy setback makes it 0-40, and a right-footed shot down the line confirms the break.
Second set: * Swiatek 6-2, 4-1 Kasatkina (* indicates server) The audience is trying to get a little behind Kasatkina, but it’s more out of sympathy than expectation. It is currently being rolled up. Swiatek is 30.
Second set: Swiatek 6-2, 3-1 Kasatkina * (* indicates server) A break here and you think this could get rid of Kasatkina very quickly. And Swiatek has reached it everywhere, reaching a 0-30. And a cross-country run makes it 0-40. Katsakina walks away with a right and that is the break.
Second set: * Swiatek 6-2, 2-1 Kasatkina (* indicates server) Katsakina has won three games and has had to work incredibly hard for everyone. Swiatek, however, has swallowed points with his service. And this game is no different: Swiatek, with too much power and too much precision, is loved.
Iga Swiatek resumes his service. Photo: Clive Brunskill / Getty Images
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Second set: Swiatek 6-2, 1-1 Kasatkina * (* indicates server) A turn on the line causes Kasatkina to advance in the game in this one: he needs to find a foothold, Swiatek has got five games in a row. A cut back moves to the net from the next, but Swiatek also scores to go up 30-15.
The pair exchanges a couple of slices, which gives Katsakina time to find a direct winner by 40-15, then is one cm wide with a backhand for the next line. 40-30 and you can feel the importance of this. A booming service forces Swiatek to move forward, and Katsakina has stopped the rot.
Second set: * Swiatek 6-2, 1-0 Kasatkina (* indicates server) Both players started a bit provisionally. At the time, they both seemed to be content. Then Swiatek got hooked on the afterburners and ripped off the set. Things are looking very bleak for Kasatkina: she is struggling to find enough depth to put Swaitek under any kind of pressure. Swiatek starts the second set with a hold of 30.
Swiatek wins the first set 6-2
First set: Swiatek 6-2 Kasatkina * (* indicates server) It is now one-way traffic. Swiatek is in the opposition’s position, with 0-40 in the blink of an eye. Three points out of seven … and she takes the first with a dazzling return from Katsakina’s second serve. The No. 1 seed occupies the first set.
Iga Swiatek takes the first set. Photo: Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters
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First set: * Swiatek 5-2 Kasatkina (* indicates server) Swiatek is going through the gears here. She gets a 30-0 lead and it takes an excellent right-footed shot to get Kasatkina on the board. That’s all you get, and it’s just a 15-catch.
First set: Swiatek 4-2 Kasatkina * (* indicates server) Swiatek doesn’t play much defense here: it’s attack, attack, attack. Kasatkina were relying on their ability to counter-attack. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The breeze could have been the culprit, but that means more breaking points for Swiatek. And he only needs one, forcing his opponent out, and then calmly entering the open court.
First set: * Swiatek 3-2 Kasatkina (* indicates server) After a trio of tight games, Swiatek gets a 40-0 lead in this one, and then Kasatkina passes it brilliantly on the net. However, it is only a brief suspense, the power of Swiatek proving too much, as it holds 15.
First set: Swiatek 2-2 Kasatkina * (* indicates server) Well, this immediate break suggests that Swiatek won’t do it his way after …