French Open: Day 12 order of play and schedule - When are Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka playing?

07.06.2023 - 23:29 eurosport.com

It's Day 12 of the French Open and it's time for the women's semi-finals, with Iga Swiatek facing Beatriz Haddad Maia and Aryna Sabalenka against Karolina Muchova.

Whilst seeing Swiatek and Sabalenka in the final four might have been expected, the presence of 14th seed Haddad Maia — the first Brazilian to reach the semi-finals of Roland-Garros in the Open Era — and the unseeded Muchova at this stage was altogether less foreseeable.

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She was certainly in fine form against Coco Gauff, making a difficult match — after she had negotiated a testing start — appear routine.

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