Quarter-finals, continuation and end.

At the end of the day of Wednesday, June 9, all the semi-finalists of the 2021 edition of Roland-Garros will be known.

In women, Barbora Krejcikova took her place.

In men, Rafael Nadal must win his against Diego Schwartzmann.

In the evening, Novak Djokovic will have the honor of the first night session in the history of the Parisian tournament for his match against the Italian Matteo Berrettini.

• Barbora Krejcikova qualified for her first Grand Slam semi-final

Barbora Krejcikova, 33rd player in the WTA rankings, qualified for her first Grand Slam semi-final by dismissing young American prodigy Cori Gauff (25th) in straight sets, 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 .

"I don't realize. I came here after winning in Strasbourg, which was very nice, but I never imagined that I would be here today, on this court, especially in singles. To be able to winning like that is something I never imagined, ”Krejcikova said.

Winner of Roland-Garros 2018 in doubles with her compatriot Katerina Siniakova, she reached Saturday for the second consecutive year the round of 16 in singles, which remained to date her best result in Grand Slam.

Mistreated in the first set, where she saved a set point at 5-3 on Gauff's service and then two more at 6-5, the Czech managed to push her opponent to the tie-break.

"Coco" Gauff had two more set points 6 points to 4, but the Czech then lined up four points and pocketed the set after 73 minutes of play.

Coco Gauff let her quarter-final slip away.

© Pierre René-Worms, France 24

"The first set was very important, I was behind for a long time, but I just played and got through it as best I could. Then I started the second set well," said Krejcikova.

This second set was indeed almost one-sided, with Krejcikova quickly coming off 5-0.

But in view of a qualification for the last four, it experienced a slump.

Especially when she served for the game at 5-1.

She immediately obtained three consecutive match points (40-0), but lost them all, and particularly harvested the third.

After opening up all short, she completely missed the ultimate longline backhand that was to give her the game but which went way out of bounds.

In the process, Gauff remade one of his late breaks.

In the next game, the American saved two more match points before coming back to 5-3.

But on her serve, Krejcikova again led 40-0 with three match points in a row and this time the first (the sixth overall) was the right one.

The 25-year-old Czech will face Polish defending champion Iga Swiatek (9th) or Greece's Maria Sakkari (18th) on Thursday to try to reach the final.

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