Novak Djokovic’s withdrawal before his quarter against Casper Ruud means that the Norwegian advances directly to the semi-finals and that Wednesday will only feature three matches in the singles tables. Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka, respectively 4th and 2nd players in the world, were eliminated, before the Zverev-de Minaur meeting scheduled for the night session.
The quarter-final between Alexander Zverev and Alex de Minaur will be played in the evening on Wednesday during the 11th day of Roland-Garros, according to the official program published Tuesday evening. Novak Djokovic’s withdrawal before his quarter against Casper Ruud means that the Norwegian advances directly to the semi-finals and that Wednesday will only feature three matches in the singles tables. The other two matches will be the women’s quarter-finals at the bottom of the table, with the victory of Jasmine Paolini against Elena Rybakina, then that of the Russian Mirra Andreeva at the expense of Aryna Sabalenka.
Andreeva’s feat of beating world number 2 Sabalenka
Sensation this Wednesday at Roland-Garros. World number 2 Aryna Sabalenka was eliminated in three sets (6-7 / 6-4 / 6-4) by the young Mirra Andreeva (17 years old). The Russian nugget will face the Italian Jasmine Paolini, who defeated the Kazakh Elena Rybakina earlier in the day.
Jasmine Paolini defeats Elena Rybakina and advances to the semi-finals
The Italian Jasmine Paolini, 15th in the world, created a surprise by beating the Kazakh Elena Rybakina (4th) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, Wednesday at Roland-Garros and thus reached the last four for the first time. a Grand Slam tournament. The 28-year-old Italian, who gave her opponent 21 cm, will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (2nd) or Russian Mirra Andreeva (38th) on Thursday for a place in the final. Paolini had never made it past the round of 16 in a Grand Slam (reached in Australia this year). At Roland Garros, she had never made it past the 2nd round.
Main matches of the 11th day:
Court Philippe-Chatrier (from 11 a.m.)
Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos (ESP/ARG, seeded N.1) – Tomas Machac/Zhizhen Zhang (CZE/CHN)
(not before 2:15 p.m.) Jasmine Paolini (ITA/seeded N.12) – Elena Rybakina (KAZ/N.4)
Mirra Andreeva (RUS) – Aryna Sabalenka (BLR/N.2)
(not before 8:15 p.m.) Alexander Zverev (GER/N.4) – Alex De Minaur (AUS/N.11)