MOSCOW, June 1 Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina reached the semi-finals of the French Open , which takes place on the clay courts of Paris. Kasatkina, seeded under the 20th number, beat her compatriot Veronika Kudermetova (29th seeded) in the quarterfinals with a score of 6:4, 7:6 (7:5). Tennis players spent 2 hours and 8 minutes on the court. The score in personal meetings was 2-0 in favor of Kasatkina. During the match, Kasatkina made 3 double faults, actively won 16 goals, made 25 unforced errors and converted 5 out of 17 break points. Kudermetova's statistics: 3 aces, 2 double faults, 38 actively won balls, 50 unforced errors, break-point implementation — 4 out of 7. The last time Russian tennis players met in the later stages of the Grand Slam tournament in 2015, when in the semi-finals of the Australian Open played by Maria Sharapova and Ekaterina Makarova. The last Russian quarter-final before that was the meeting between Sharapova and Makarova at the Australian Open in 2013. Kasatkina's rival in the Roland Garros semi-final will be the winner of the match between the world's first racket, the Polish Iga Shventek and American Jessica Pegula (11th seed). Kasatkina reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter-finals at the French Open (2018, 2022) and Wimbledon (2018). Kudermetova played in the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, before that her highest achievement was reaching the third round.
