French Open day 11: Iga Swiatek proves unstoppable and Alexander Zverev matches his 2022 effort
Iga Swiatek won her French Open rematch with Coco Gauff to reach another semi-final at Roland Garros.
The defending champion extended her winning record against the American to 7-0 with a 6-4 6-2 victory and will next face Beatriz Haddad Maia, who battled past Ons Jabeur in three sets to become Brazil’s first women’s singles semi-finalist of the open era.
Alexander Zverev made it back to the last four 12 months after suffering a serious ankle injury against Rafael Nadal while Casper Ruud defeated Holger Rune in a repeat of last year’s quarter-final.
Picture of the day
Face in the crowd
Arsene Wenger is enjoying Iga Swiatek vs Coco Gauff at the French Open 🤩🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/qijtd6bQ5N
— Cycling on TNT Sports (@cyclingontnt) June 7, 2023
Football fail
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⚽️✅A bit of 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒛𝒆 for Ons Jabeur as Beatriz Haddad Maia makes her third successive break!#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/zOBJFxOHiT
— Cycling on TNT Sports (@cyclingontnt) June 7, 2023
Jabeur kicked away a return from Haddad Maia at a key moment in the deciding set only to realise her serve had been called in.
Redemption for Kato
Advanced to the Finals!
Chatelier tomorrow at 12:00 noon.
(日本時間19時)Thanks again to all our supporters.
Focusing on Positive Energy together with Tim!
Congrats to Aldila-Great run
Our friendship and true competitiveness shines bright,&can overcome any darkess cast upon us! https://t.co/WM9DIvgV1g— Miyu Kato / 加藤 未唯 (@miyukato1121) June 7, 2023
Three days after being defaulted from the women’s doubles, Japan’s Miyu Kato reached the final of the mixed doubles with German partner Tim Puetz.
French Open results day 11
French Open results on Wednesday, the 11th day of the 2023 championships at Roland Garros (x denotes seeded player; players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries):
Men
Quarter-finals
Casper Ruud (NOR x4) bt Holger Rune (DEN x6) 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Alexander Zverev (GER x22) bt Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Women
Quarter-finals
Iga Swiatek (POL x1) bt Coco Gauff (USA x6) 6-4, 6-2
Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA x14) bt Ons Jabeur (TUN x7) 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1
French Open semi-final lineups
French Open men’s semi-final line-up (x denotes seeded player):
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP x1) v Novak Djokovic (SRB x3)
Casper Ruud (NOR x4) v Alexander Zverev (GER x22)
French Open women’s semi-final line-up (x denotes seeded player; players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries):
Iga Swiatek (POL x1) v Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA x14)
Karolina Muchova (CZE) v Aryna Sabalenka (x2)
READ MORE: Iga Swiatek ‘hasn’t even been tested’ en route to French Open semi-final
Fallen seeds
Men: Holger Rune (6)
Women: Coco Gauff (6), Ons Jabeur (7)
Who’s up next?
The women’s semi-finals take centre stage on Thursday, with Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka favourites to set up a title decider.
Sabalenka meets unseeded Czech Karolina Muchova in the first match before Swiatek plays Haddad Maia.
Britain’s Henry Searle will look to reach the semi-finals of the boys’ singles while Alfie Hewett plays Gustavo Fernandez for a place in the wheelchair singles final.
