Jasmine Paolini has reached the first Grand Slam semifinal of her career by beating No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 at the French Open. The 12th-seeded Paolini is a 28-year-old from Italy.
Italy’s Jasmine Paolini celebrates as she won the quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament against Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Italy’s Jasmine Paolini celebrates as she won the quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament against Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, June 5, 2024.
Paolini will met No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka or unseeded 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva on Thursday for a berth in the title match. And while Paolini deserved credit for playing cleanly and showing zero signs of being overwhelmed by the stage or the moment, Rybakina was way off. By set’s end, Rybakina had made 16 unforced errors — 15 more than Paolini.
But Rybakina steadied herself, broke there and ran through the last three games to force a third set.
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