Beatriz Haddad Maia reached the semifinals of the Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, the Brazilian athlete defeated Ons Jabert (the 7th favorite) in three sets.
Ons Jabert, defeated by Beatrice Haddad Maia at Roland Garros
Haddad Maia was down 6-3 in the first set but came back to beat the Tunisian (last year’s Wimbledon and US Open finalist) 7-6(5), 6-1 after two and a half hours of play.
Beatrice (14th seed) will fight for a place in the grand final against the winner of the match between Iga Sviatek (the main favorite) and Koko Gauf (6).
Beatrice Haddad Maia is the first Brazilian athlete to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament (in the open era).
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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