Paris (AFP)
The young Polish Iga Swiatek (54th) qualified at 19 for her first Grand Slam semi-final at Roland Garros, dominating the Italian Martina Trevisan, 159th in the world and after qualifying, in two sets 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday evening.
Swiatek, scorer in the previous round of the No. 1 seed Simona Halep, will face the unexpected Argentina Nadia Podoroska, 131st in the world and also from qualifying, for a place in the final.
Podoroska is the first qualified to climb into the last four at Roland Garros in the history of the Parisian Grand Slam.
"It was quite difficult at the beginning, it was difficult to adapt to the conditions, I had often played at eleven o'clock, so today I felt like we were in the middle of the night", smiled Swiatek.
On the Central court discovered Tuesday evening, the Polish started timidly and found herself led 3 games to 1. But she only let one game slip afterwards to win in less than 1h20.
Or roughly the average time of his matches since the start of the tournament (1h08).
About his upcoming semi-final: "I'm going to tackle it like all matches, I'm going to keep my routines, I'm feeling great, I'm playing doubles tomorrow (Wednesday) and it's great for recovery simple, ”she replied.
Before this 2020 edition, Swiatek had never passed the round of 16 in a major tournament.
She has so far crossed the fortnight in Paris without letting any set escape.
Better, it has conceded on average only four games per game (twenty in five matches).
In the first round, she stopped the outgoing finalist, the Czech Marketa Vondrousova.
But it was in the round of 16 that she hit hard, ejecting Halep 6-1, 6-2 in 68 minutes.
Swiatek is the youngest player still in contention, the only one under twenty.
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