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Patna : 31st seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 29 Russia, and World No 85 Tamara Zidansek, 23, Slovenia, reached the women’s semi-finals of French Open, a Grand Slam tournament played on outdoor clay courts, at Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France, on June 8, 2021. The two playesr will clash in semi-final on June 10, 2021.
Pavlyuchenkova beat World N0 22 Elena Rybakina, 21, Kazakhstan, in a three-set contest 6-7, 6-2, 9-7 in qqarter-final on June 8, 2021. The Russian won 6 break points in the match to 3 by Rybakina, who had stunned World No 8 & winner of 23 Grand Slam single titles, Serena Williams, 39, USA, in 4th round. Both the players fired 5 Aces each in the match. Rybakina though committed 6 double faults to 2 by the Russian. Pavlyuchenkova also won 6 games in a row to 3 by Rybakina. The Russian, in all, won 121 points during the match to 113 by Rybakina.
Tamara Zidansek beat World No 35 Paula Badosa, 23, Spain, 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 in quarter-final on court Philippe Chatrier on June 8, 2021, Badosa committed 8 double faults in the match to 3 by Tamara. Tamara won 8 break points in the match to 7 by Badosa. The Spaniard won 6 games in a row to 3 by Tamara. Tamara, in all, won 114 points in the match to 111 by Badosa.