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Who is on, who’s out? All news from day 10 at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris Current and compact.
Musetti for the first time in Paris in the semi -finals
Lorenzo Musetti – Frances Tiafoe 6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
Coaching is now allowed in tennis. So although it can now be cheered on to the square, the quarter-final match between Lorenzo Musetti and Frances Tiafoe was nevertheless used. And with success. In the third sentence, after Musetti won the first and Tiafoe the second round, his coach with his arms wave at the Italian’s first set ball and thus signaled his protégé how he had to play this crucial point. Musetti stayed on it, converted the set ball and grabbed the number three sentence that was decisive at the end.
Because with the 2-1 set lead in the back, the Italian, who had received a warning in the second section, secured a ball towards a line judge and was lucky with this slight punishment, then a break to start and no longer gave this lead. For Musetti it is the first semi-final participation in the French Open.
Siegemund also leaves the mixed
Townsend/King-Siegemund/Roger-Vasselin 6: 3, 6: 4
In the second week of the French Open, the big decisions traditionally made on the Court Philippe Chatrier, the largest place in the facility. But tennis is also eagerly played in the other places-including double specialist Laura Siegemund. Unfortunately with bad news. After the 37-year-old had already left the double competition with partner Beadad Maia on Monday with partner Beadad Maia, it is now also in the mixed.
With partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin, Siegemund lost in the quarter-finals against the American duo Taylor Townsend and Evan King in two sets with 3: 6 and 4: 6. Bitter: In both sentences it was victory that conceded a break that ended in the end.
Swiatek follows Sabalenka into the semi -finals
Elina Svitolina – Iga Swiatek 1: 6, 5: 7
Actually, the US city of Chicago is the “Windy City”, but also in the French capital, the harbing of the weather change, which is scheduled to occur on Wednesday morning, can be felt this Tuesday. On the court, Philippe Chatrier, where you can get halfway because of the sheer size anyway, the wind also whistled across the pitch during the second match of the day between Iga Swiadek and Elina Svitolina. For tennis players, this is particularly uncomfortable when it comes to the serve, more precisely with the ball throw.
Aryna Sabalenka fought in her quarter-final game again and again in the morning with the wind at the ball throw, the Polish Swiatek was no different. What both united from the afternoon: a lot of repeated ball throws and a move into the semi -finals. Because, despite some double errors, Swiadek, equipped with an absolute beer rest anyway, was not deterred, especially in the first set was there in every crucial moment and then prevailed in the exciting second set with 7: 5. In the semi -finals, Swiatek and Sabalenka are now meeting. Maybe “blown away from the wind” again.
Sabalenka is the first semi -finalist
Aryna Sabalenka – Qinwen Zheng 7: 6, 6: 3
Hawk Eye? Automatic calls from the loudspeaker? Not an issue in Paris. The tournament directors at the French Open continue to rely on line judges and chair referees that decide tricky balls. Keyword: We have always done it that way. But that also means that players can say independently: “I’m sorry, it was in the end, I don’t play further!” Like Qinwen Zheng in her quarter-final game against Aryna Sabalenka on Tuesday.
However, the Chinese had three problems: At this point, it was 5: 6 and 30:30, the opponent Sabalenka’s ball to the baseline was completely harmless-and, most stupid, the ball was also given well by the chair referee. Zheng was then able to ward off the set ball, but afterwards she lost the match. The first set in the tiebreak, the second with 3: 6. And while the world ranking sabalenka, who was always there in the important points, is there in the semi -finals, the Chinese should perhaps go too far again when you interrupt the rally – and when not.