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Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska surprised everyone on Court Philippe Chatrier on Tuesday by defeating No.3 seed Elina Svitolina in straight sets.

With the 6-2, 6-4 win, she sailed through to the semi-finals and also created history by becoming the first qualifier to make it to the Roland Garros last four. She is also the first qualifier to make it to the semi-final of any major in 21 years.

Before the Roland Garros 2020 began, the 23-year-old had never won a main draw match at a Grand Slam event, beaten a Top 50 player or even recorded back-to-back victories on the WTA Tour.

After eight successive victories including three in qualifying the World No.131 will face either Iga Swiatek or Martina Trevisan, a fellow qualifier, standing between her and a place in Saturday’s final.

“It’s difficult for me to speak after the match, but thanks everyone for your support. I’m very, very happy,” she



said.

“I try to play every kind of shot. We did a good job with my coaches during quarantine. I’ve been training a lot with all of my team and I think that’s why I’m here today.”

In other games, unseeded Danielle Collins battled past Tunisian Ons Jabeur 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the French Open quarter-finals for the first time in her career.

World No. 57 Collins raised her level after the opening nine games of the first set went with serve, when the American broke to edge ahead in the contest as Jabeur made an unforced error from the back of the court.

“I felt I was in the driver's seat until 6-4, 3-0... she's tricky, served really well and hit some drop shots I wasn't expecting,” Collins said.

“I had to try and dig it out. It broke my rhythm. I lost my way there a little bit, lost some of the shots I'd been hitting earlier and I needed to try and stay positive.”
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