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Patna : World No 32 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 29, Russia, and World No 33 Barbora Krejcikova, 25, Czech Republic, will clash in women’s singles final of French Open, a Grand Slam tennis touyrnament played on outdoor clay courts, at Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France, on July 12, 2021, at 6.30 pm. Both the players have reached final of a Gr
Unseeded Krejcikova battled past 17th seed Maria Sakkari, 25, Greece, in a three-set contest 7-5, 4-6, 9-7 in the second semi-finals on June 10, 2021, late night, to reach the women’s singles final. Krejcikova won 7 break points in the match to 6 by Sakkari. The Czech also fired 5 Aces in the match to 2 by Sakkari. Krejcikova, however, also committed 5 double faults in the match to 3 by the Greek. Krejcikova, in all, won 126 points during the match to 118 by Sakkari. Both the players won 4 games each in a row during the match. Sakkari won 72 service points in the match to 68 by Krejcikova.
31st seed Pavlyuchenkova, the highest seed left in the tournament, defeated World No 85 Tamara Zidansek, 23, Slovenia, 7-5, 6-3 in the first semi-finals the same day to reach French Open final.