IGA Swiatek, Roland-Garros winner in 2020 and this year, had not lost a battered earth match for more than a year.
Le Monde with AFP
La Française Caroline Garcia, 45
é> 5, Caroline Garcia will face the Italian Jasmine Paolini in the semi-finals, with the eighth title in single in her career.
The 28 -year -old Frenchwoman, who remained on a quarter -final lost in Palermo and a half conceded in Lausanne, offered himself the world number one, which had made home his return to competition since her elimination in the third round In Wimbledon by another French, Alizé Cornet, who had put an end to a series of thirty-seven consecutive victories.
Excellent service
Garcia and Swiatek, who had so far faced each other once, in 2019 in Cincinnati (victory of the Polish), each had their set of domination, the first won 6-1 by the French , the second kidnapped on the same brand by the world number one.
worn by an excellent return of service, Garcia made a first break at 5-3 in the last set, before giving in her service while she was used for the match. But the Frenchwoman then managed to conclude with authority by once again taking the Polish service (6-4).
Iga Swiatek, Roland-Garros winner in 2020 and this year, had not lost a clay match for over a year. The other semi-final will oppose the Ukrainian Kateryna Kozlova to the Romanian Ana Bogdan.