Maiden French Open semis for Muchova

Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova celebrates after winning against Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova yesterday. Pics/AFP

Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic reached the French Open semi-finals for the first time with a straight sets win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Tuesday.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

The World No. 43 came through 7-5, 6-2 over the 333rd-ranked Russian who was runner-up in Paris in 2021.

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A semi-finalist at the Australian Open two years ago, Muchova will face World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus for a place in Saturday's final.

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