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French Open 2021 Day 10 Live Updates: Paula Badosa takes the second set 6-4 to take the quarter-final into the third and final set. Tamara Zidansek took the first set off Paula Badosa 7-5. Daniil Medvedev, seeded 2nd, will face off against 5th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals. Seed no. 6 Alexander Zverev takes on unseeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain in the other men’s quarter-final. In the women’s singles event, Elena Rybakina, who upset Serena Williams in the fourth round, faces her doubles partner, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Rybakina hasn’t dropped a set en route to her first quarterfinal at a major, while Pavlyuchenkova is playing in the quarters at Roland Garros for the first time in a decade. The other match involves two unseeded players competing in their first Grand Slam quarterfinal — Paula Badosa of Spain and Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia.
When and where will the French Open 2021 be played?
The French Open 2021 main-draw action begins on Sunday, May 30 and will run until Sunday, June 13, in Paris, France.
Tamara Zidansek puts up a brilliant performance against match favourite Paula Badosa and win 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 to make the semi-finals. She is the first Slovenian to reach a Grand Slam semi-final!
Unstoppable 🚀
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 8, 2021
World No. 85 Tamara Zidansek had previously never reached R3 at a major. She’s now a Grand Slam *semi-finalist* with a 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 takedown of No.33 seed Paula Badosa. #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/ef0xgCQgsN
We are in the middle of a cracker! Zidansek and Badosa are fighting it out hard in the third and final set. At French Open, singles don't have a final set tiebreak and hence, we will go on till one of them can create that two-set gap.
We are going the distance! Paula Badosa takes the second set 6-4 to take this quarter-finals to the final set. Tamara Zidansek lost her range towards the end of that second set.
Paula Badosa tries a backhand slice drop shot match point down and misses it. Tamara Zidansek takes the first set 7-5. What a turnaround from being 3-0 down.
Calm. Cool. Collected. 😎
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 8, 2021
Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek recovers from two breaks down, striking 15 winners to take the first set 7-5 over Paula Badosa.
A maiden major semifinal is on the line. #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/FmY64n4MvN
Paula Badosa is 3-0 up Tamara Zidansek in a flash!
But the Slovenian Tamara fights back and breaks back to make it 1-3.
Novak Djokovic needed five sets till Lorenzo Musetti retired as Rafael Nadal beat Jannik Sinner in straight sets to book the French Open quarter spots with Coco Gauff reached her first Grand Slam…
The first match of the day...
Who will claim the first coveted spot in the #RolandGarros semi-finals?
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 8, 2021
Badosa v Zidansek starts now. pic.twitter.com/gE4gbXYK6I
Former junior champion Paula Badosa of Spain will face Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia. Zidansek is the first woman from her country to advance so deep at a major.
Doubles partners Elena Rybakina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova then play against each other on Court Philippe Chatrier. Rybakina is the third woman from Kazakhstan to reach the quarterfinals at Roland Garros. Pavlyuchenkova already reached this stage in Paris 10 years ago.
Second-seeded Daniil Medvedev will play fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas in the men's draw. The other men’s match will be between No. 6 Alexander Zverev and unseeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain. Davidovich Fokina will be playing in his first major quarterfinal.
