Jasmine Paolini magnificent! She’s in the semifinals at Roland Garros.

Jasmine Paolini magnificent! She's in the semifinals at Roland Garros

It's the best day of her career for Jasmine Paolini: the Tuscan tennis player reached the semifinals in a Slam for the first time in her career, qualifying among the top four tennis players at Roland Garros 2024. Jasmine overcame Kazakhstan tennis player Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals with the partials of 6-2 4-6 6-4 in just over two of match, signing the feat of her life.

Paolini equaled Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani and Martina Trevisan, the only Azzurre to reach this level in Paris in the past: for her è the third victory against a Top 5. The Tuscan thanks to this success è officially entered the Top 10 of the WTA ranking, the fifth tennis player to do so in the history of Italian tennis.

Paolini in the semifinals will face the winner of the challenge between Mirra Andreeva and Aryna Sabalenka. L'Azzurra è started strong, quickly winning the first set 6-2 taking the world number 4 by surprise.

In the second partial Rybakina è got back into the match also due to a few too many errors of ours. The third set was played point to point, and the break in the ninth game of Azzurra was decisive, who then held serve and won the first career Slam semifinal.