Sensation in Paris: An Italian is in the semifinals – tennis

Martina Trevisan advanced to the semifinals of the French Open. © APA / afp / CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT

Italian tennis player Martina Trevisan is in the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career.

31. May 2022

From: dl

The unseeded 28-year-old defeated the not quite fit Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6:2,6:7(3),6:3 at the French Open in Paris on Tuesday and was the first to reach the women’s semifinals. There Trevisan meets Cori Gauff, ten years his junior, who is also making her semi-final debut at a major. The 18th-ranked American defeated her compatriot Sloane Stephens 7-5.6-2.

Trevisan missed a match ball against number 17 Fernandez in the second set when the score was 5: 4 and gave the round to the 2021 US Open finalist in the tie-break. However, the number 59 in the world was not deterred by this and stormed to a 4-0 lead in the decisive set and finally converted her second match point after 2:21 hours.

Martina Trevisan showed full commitment. © APA / afp / VALERY HACHE

Trevisan had already reached the quarter-finals in Paris two years ago, but then lost to eventual winner Iga Swiatek. This duel can now come at the earliest in the final. The Tuscan Trevisan is the first Italian since Sara Errani to reach the semifinals in Paris. Errani managed this feat in 2013.