Although he had to fight almost two hours, Arina Sabalenka Continues without a lost set in Roland Garros. The leader of the world rankings defeated Chinese Olympian Zinwen Zeng in a fascinating quarter-final with 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 and qualified for a second time in her four-year-old Paris Grand Slam.
The unstoppable Belarusian tennis player, Arina Sampalenka, was back 4-2 in the first set, but returned and even reached a set at 6-5, but Zeng managed to keep her serve and send the set to Tai-10.
Sampalenka responded dramatically, won seven of the next eight points and took the tie-break with 7-3. In the second set, Belarusida made a break and led 3-2, Chinese equalized, but then the US Open owner took three consecutive games and “sealed” the victory and qualification in 1 hour and 57 minutes.
Sampalenka will seek to qualify for the first time in her career in the Roland Garros final, facing the winner of the match between Polish quadruped triumphant in Paris, Iga Sfidonk, and Ukraki Elina Svitolina on Thursday (5/6).