The 43rd racket of the world Karolina Muchova defeated No. 2 Arina Sobolenko in the Roland Garros semi-finals – 7:6 (5), 6:7 (5), 7:5. The match lasted 3 hours and 13 minutes.
In the decisive set, the Czech left the score 2:5. With a score of 3:5, she won match points on her serve.
Mukhova beat a top-10 opponent for the ninth time in 20 matches. She has already eliminated #8 Maria Sakkari in this tournament. The Czech has positive statistics against the top 5 – 5:4.
Mukhova reached the final of the Grand Slam tournaments for the first time. Prior to that, her best result at Roland Garros was the third round, and at TSH as a whole, the semi-finals of the Australian Open-2021.
According to the results of the tournament, Mukhova will update the best rating. She has already guaranteed herself 16th place, and if she takes the title, she will become 10th.
On Saturday, she will compete with Iga Sventek or Beatrice Haddad Maia.
2023-06-08 16:28:37
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