French Open 2023 results: Iga Swiatek beats Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur loses to Beatriz Haddad Maia

Iga Swiatek is bidding for a 3rd French Open rubric aft victories astatine Roland Garros successful 2020 and 2022

Defending champion Iga Swiatek maintained her dominance implicit American teen Coco Gauff to acceptable up a French Open semi-final against Brazilian 14th effect Beatriz Haddad Maia.

The contention was overmuch person than past twelvemonth but Swiatek's prime showed successful a seventh consecutive triumph implicit Gauff.

Haddad Maia reached her archetypal Grand Slam semi-final by warring backmost to stun Tunisia's Ons Jabeur.

Haddad Maia, who had ne'er antecedently reached the 3rd circular of a major, recovered to triumph 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.

The 27-year-old is the archetypal Brazilian pistillate to scope a Grand Slam semi-final since Maria Bueno successful 1968.

Swiatek 'happy' to walk much clip connected court

Swiatek has been the standout subordinate connected the women's circuit implicit the past 15 months, winning immoderate of the sport's biggest prizes and proving peculiarly hard to bushed connected clay.

However the signifier of Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka and Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina this year, positive a thigh wounded suffered by the Pole successful the build-up to Roland Garros, meant determination had been greater statement implicit Swiatek's chances of defending her title.

But the 22-year-old has rapidly reasserted herself arsenic the overwhelming favourite with a bid of ascendant performances.

The straight-set triumph implicit sixth effect Gauff means she has not mislaid a acceptable this fortnight, dropping conscionable 15 games successful her 5 matches truthful far.

Facing the American was her biggest trial yet and, though Gauff played smartly to effort and disrupt her rhythm, the gulf betwixt the brace was yet inactive excessively great.

The archetypal acceptable was a due contest, the brace exchanging breaks midway through, earlier Swiatek accrued the unit towards the extremity and took vantage of immoderate escaped shots astatine cardinal moments from her opponent.

Swiatek fended disconnected 3 interruption points to clasp for 2-1 successful the 2nd set, with Gauff rapidly paying the terms for not taking vantage of the uncommon chances afforded by the apical seed.

While Gauff held to emotion successful the adjacent crippled for 2-2, Swiatek moved up different cogwheel and rapidly took the last 4 games to determination into her 3rd Roland Garros semi-final successful 5 years.

"I didn't truly walk excessively overmuch clip connected tribunal truthful I'm really blessed contiguous was a tighter match," Swiatek said.

"I volition beryllium acceptable [for the semi-finals] nary substance what."

After losing successful past year's final, Gauff was flooded with emotion portion waiting for the trophy presentations and hid beneath a towel portion she sobbed.

The 19-year-old was capable to fell her feelings this twelvemonth with a speedy exit from court, but was teary successful her post-match quality conference.

"I wouldn't accidental I'm much astatine peace. To beryllium honest, I'm inactive precise frustrated, but I conjecture I'm trying not to amusement it arsenic much. I don't privation those pictures connected the internet," she said.

Tennis is 'a marathon not a 100m' for Haddad Maia

Haddad Maia has go known for her quality to travel done agelong tests, including successful the Roland Garros 4th circular erstwhile she outlasted Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo successful an epic lasting astir 4 hours.

That was the longest women's lucifer of the play and, portion the brushwood against Jabeur was obscurity adjacent arsenic long, she again demonstrated her carnal and intelligence endurance.

"I deliberation a tennis lucifer is similar a marathon. It's not a 100m race," she said.

"I deliberation 1 of my qualities is that I hold and I'm precise diligent and I ne'er springiness up.

"Even if I'm not playing well, oregon I'm missing a fewer shots, the tennis volition look and I'll person my opportunity."

Haddad Maia, who served a 10-month doping suspension which ended successful 2020, was breached 3 times successful the archetypal acceptable arsenic Jabeur took control.

Beatriz Haddad Maia has fought backmost from down to triumph successful the 3rd round, past 16 and present quarter-finals of the French Open

Break opportunities were scarce successful the 2nd acceptable until Jabeur could not person 2 chances astatine 5-5 - and this proved a pivotal infinitesimal successful the match.

The Brazilian, who had showed the value of hanging successful arsenic Jabeur rattled done work games, yet took a 4th acceptable constituent to nonstop the lucifer into a decider.

Galvanised, the left-hander's dense forehand returns caused much problems for Jabeur and, capable to perceive the enactment of singing Brazilian fans, surged ahead.

Jabeur, present becoming progressively demoralised, spanked a forehand agelong connected the 2nd lucifer point, leaving Haddad Maia looking flummoxed astatine what she had conscionable achieved.

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