Iga Swiatek - Path to Semi-final
1st rd: bt Marketa Vondrousova (CZE x15) 6-1, 6-2
2nd rd: bt Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 6-1, 6-4
3rd rd: bt Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 6-3, 6-2
4th rd: bt Simona Halep (ROU x1) 6-1, 6-2
QF: bt Martina Trevisan (ITA) 6-3, 6-1
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Iga Swiatek vs Nadia Podoroska, French Open Women's Singles Semi-finals 2020 Live Updates: Chance for Roland Garros Glory
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Iga Swiatek vs Nadia Podoroska, French Open Women's Singles Semi-finals 2020 Live Updates: Unlikely semi-finalists Iga Swiatek and Nadia Podoroska target breakthrough places in the Roland Garros championship match on Thursday as Grand Slam winners Sofia Kenin and Petra Kvitova meet in the other last-four tie.
Swiatek can become the first Polish woman in the Paris final in 81 years while Podoroska could be the first qualifier to make a final at the Slams. Kenin and Kvitova, the only two seeds left, have been here before -- Kenin won the Australian Open in January while Kvitova was Wimbledon champion in 2011 and 2014.
Swiatek can become the first Polish woman in the Paris final in 81 years while Podoroska could be the first qualifier to make a final at the Slams. Kenin and Kvitova, the only two seeds left, have been here before -- Kenin won the Australian Open in January while Kvitova was Wimbledon champion in 2011 and 2014.
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Iga Swiatek, just 19 and ranked 54, is only the second woman from Poland to reach the semi-finals at Roland Garros -- the last was Jadwiga Jedrzejowska who finished runner-up in 1939.
She enjoyed one of the tournament's stand-out moments when she knocked out top seed and 2018 champion Simona Halep in the last 16.
The daughter of an Olympic rower, Swiatek is a fan of AC/DC and Pink Floyd although it was Guns N'Roses' 'Welcome to the Jungle' which accompanied her onto court for her quarter-final win over Martina Trevisan.
Nadia Podoroska has won 43 matches across all tours in 2020 despite the truncated season and will break into the top 50 after the tournament.
Furthermore, she is guaranteed 425,250 euros ($501,740) following her breakout performance in Paris, easily doubling her total career earnings of $301,547.
Nadia Podoroska, ranked at 131, is bidding to become the first qualifier ever to make a Grand Slam final.
Taking full advantage of the section of the draw from which Serena Williams withdrew after the first round, 23-year-old Podoroska stunned third seed Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals.
Playing in just her second major in Paris, she started the year ranked a lowly 255.
Iga Swiatek will take on Nadia Podoroska in the first semi-final of the French Open women's singles' event.
La demi-finale miracle ✨
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) October 8, 2020
Swiatek (54e) contre Podoroska (131e) : à quoi s'attendre 📝👇#RolandGarros
French Open women's singles semi-final: Iga Swiatek vs Nadia Podoroska (Photo Credit: Twitter)
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