​Karolina Mukhova showed the best performance in her career at Roland Garros, the athlete from the Czech Republic reached the semifinals, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Karolina MukhovaPhoto: Rob Prange / Zuma Press / Profimedia

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Karolina Mukhova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at Roland Garros

Mukhova, who is ranked 43rd in the world, won in straight sets against the Russian, who reached the final act of the Grand Slam in Paris 2021 with a score of 7-5, 6-2.

Carolina was much more accurate than the opponent (21 winning shots and 15 unforced errors; 16 and 29 in Anastasia) and won after an hour and 39 minutes of play.

Know:

  • Karolina will fight the winner of the match between the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (192 WTA) and the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenko (2nd favorite) to enter the grand final.
  • Mukhova defeated at Roland Garros 2023 Maria Sakkari (8th seed), Nadia Podorskaya (103 WTA, semi-finalist of 2020), Iryna Bega (27 WTA), Elina Avanesyan (134 WTA) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (333 WTA, finalist of 2021 ).
  • Thanks to her performances at Roland Garros, Mukhova ranks 19th in the WTA Live ranking. If Karolina wins the competition, she will rise to 10th place, and Pavlyuchenkova managed to jump to 221 positions (112th place).
  • Karolina Muhova’s best Grand Slam results: Australian Open (2021) and Roland Garros (2023) semi-finals, Wimbledon quarter-finals (2019, 2021) and US Open round of 16 (2020).

The Roland Garros tournament takes place from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and is the 127th tournament. Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal (14-time winner in Paris) became the champions of the title.

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