A young Polish woman makes history and reaches the final of the French Tennis Championship

Polish teenager Iga Shivontek (19 years) reached the final of the first major tennis tournament today, after defeating Argentine Nadia Podorowska, who qualified from the qualifiers with ease 6-2, 6-1 in just seventy minutes, in the semi-finals of Roland Garros, France.

Shevontek became the talk of the hour in the world of tennis, and she is ranked 54 in the world, and the second Polish woman to reach the final of a major tournament in the modern era (1968) after Anishka Radwanska, runner-up at Wimbledon 2012, and the third in all major tournaments after Jadwiga Ydrzyowska and runner-up in Roland Garros 1939, after two matches. Two finals at Wimbledon and the United States in 1937.

She also became the seventh unseeded female player to reach the final at Roland Garros.

In the previous six attempts, only Latvian Yelena Ostapenko won the title in 2017. "I am very surprised, because I did not expect before the tournament to play this well. But I always thought that my first final in a major tournament would be here at Roland," she said after her victory. If Garros happens ... this is a dream come true. "

Chevontec is still continuing in the women's doubles with fellow American Nicole Millicar, as they play the semifinals tomorrow.

"I entered the match as if it were in the first round so as not to be pressured into the semi-finals ... I am fortunate not to fall into the trap of injury. I am preparing for the doubles match," said the daughter of Warsaw, who lost only 23 laps.

Belgian Justin Henin was last in 2007 to crown Roland Garros without losing a set.

In the final, she will meet the winner of an upcoming confrontation between the American Sofia Keenen, the number six in the world, and the Czech Republic, Petra Kvitova, the eleventh.

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