High voltage semi-final at Roland Garros: there will not even be a greeting

The Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk remains unstoppable on clay. They have won 17 games they have played this season on this surface. Of which 16 in this triumphant tour that has already led him to achieve his best Grand Slam result: he surpassed the quarterfinals of the Australian Open 2024, he will compete in the semifinals of Roland Garros.

Kostyuk, 23 years old and world number 15, defeated his compatriot Elina Svitolina31 years old and No. 7, 6-3, 2-6 and 6-2 in 1h.49′. A few days ago he showed a photograph of a missile that had exploded in a house in kyiv, one hundred meters from where his mother and sister were.

The conflict has been present with the continuous demand of the Ukrainian tennis players, especially in their duels against the Russians and Belarusians.

The semi-final will be high voltage, there will be no greeting. Kostyuk, champion of Rouen and Madrid, will be in charge of carrying the Ukrainian flag once she beat her compatriot, winner of Rome. And he will face a Russian woman, Mirra Andreeva, who beat the Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-0 and 6-3.

Kostyuk cried excitedly about her classification, she dedicated the victory to her country, amid the general applause of the Philippe Chatrier, a track with the roof closed due to rain. The Ukrainian is doing the best of her tennis life, with great consistency and determination. Managing nerves well in critical moments.

He Kostyuk-Andreeva They bring it, because in addition to the political context there is the purely sporting one, and they are two young tennis players with enormous potential, who are not surprising to be bidding to be the new queen of Roland Garros.

On Wednesday the other crossing will be decided, with the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka measuring themselves the Russian way Diana Shnaider and the also Russian Anna Kalinskayafacing the Polish Maja Chwalinska. Eastern Europe has taken control in Paris.