There were teenage kicks at the French Open as 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva reached a first grand slam semi-final, where she will meet another first-timer, Italy’s Jasmine Paolini.
Alexander Zverev reached his fourth semi-final in four years after a late-night win over Alex De Minaur.
Here, the PA news agency looks back at day 11 at Roland Garros.
Picture of the day
Match of the day
Teenage Dream#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/OLNhmlOyz0
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 5, 2024
Andreeva beat an ailing Aryna Sabalenka to reach the last four. The Russian edged out world number two Sabalenka, who was struggling through illness, 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-4 in two hours and 29 brutal minutes.
Stat of the day
Dream big 🙌 pic.twitter.com/tsZWAbPeaC
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 5, 2024
Andreeva is the youngest Roland Garros semi-finalist since Martina Hingis in 1997.
Quote of the day
Pup stops play
Unusual occurrence as a dog stops play on court 3 in the boys dubs @rolandgarros featuring 2 Brits, Viktor Frydrych + Oli Bonding on opposite sides of the net. The versatile umpire quickly took charge to lead le chien back to its flustered owner 😉@radio_RG pic.twitter.com/8pEzPhvazo
— Marcus Buckland (@marcus_buckland) June 5, 2024
Is it Sue Barker? Spaniel Medvedev? Or Andre Wagassi?
Brit watch
🔥 @nealskupski & Desirae Krawczyk are @rolandgarros mixed-doubles 𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙎! 🔥#BackTheBrits 🇬🇧 | #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/QI0QY7XpCq
— LTA (@the_LTA) June 5, 2024
Joe Salisbury’s tournament came to an end at the quarter-final stage in the men’s doubles. Salisbury and American partner Rajeev Ram lost to Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, But Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk of the USA reached the mixed doubles final after beating Jan Zielinski and Hsieh Su-wei in a match tie-break.
Fallen seeds
Men: Alex De Minaur (11).
Women: Aryna Sabalenka (2), Elena Rybakina (4).
Who’s up next?
For a spot in a first career Grand Slam final 🏆#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/CmkItD8kfT
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 5, 2024
Defending champion Iga Swiatek meets third seed Coco Gauff in a heavyweight first semi-final, before surprise packages Mirra Andreeva and Jasmine Paolini contest the second. Britain’s Neal Skupski also plays alongside Desirae Krawczyk in the mixed doubles final against Germany’s Laura Siegemund and Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France.
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