The 15th racket of the world, 28-year-old Italian tennis player Yasmin Paolini, reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. This happened at Roland Garros 2024.
In the quarterfinals of the French Open, Paolini (12) unexpectedly beat the 2022 Wimbledon champion, the fourth racket of the world, Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina (4). The meeting between the tennis players lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes and ended with a score of 6:2, 4:6, 6:4 in favor of the Italian.
Previously, Paolini’s best achievement at the TBS was the fourth round of the 2024 Australian Open.
Paolini’s next opponent in Paris will be the winner of the match Mirra Andreeva (Russia) – Arina Sabalenka (Belarus, 2).