News and updates from around the grounds on Day 12 at Roland-Garros
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21:00And that concludes Day 12 tennis fans. Play starts around the grounds at 11am on Friday with the men's semi-finals kicking off at 2.30pm with Carlos Alcaraz against Jannik Sinner. That's followed by Alexander Zverev facing Casper Ruud not before 5.30pm as all four men battle for a spot in Sunday's final. See you then...
20:55As the light starts to fade at Roland-Garros and the curtain comes down on Day 12, we’ll take a moment to reflect on Thursday’s women’s semi-finals before a quick look at Friday in Paris.
First up, it was Iga Swiatek who proved too strong for Coco Gauff en route to her fourth Roland-Garros final and a 20th consecutive victory at the clay court major. Read Chris Oddo’s report and enjoy the highlights and Iga’s press conference.
>> SWIATEK INTO FOURTH ROLAND-GARROS FINAL
>> SWIATEK VS GAUFF HIGHLIGHTS
>> PRESS CONFERENCE: SWIATEK SF
Later, it turned into a day to remember for Italian Jasmine Paolini who swept aside Mirra Andreeva to move into her first Grand Slam final. Alex Sharp was across that match and provides the report below, and you can catch up on the highlights and watch her press conference too.
19:09We now know Saturday's women's singles final will be contested between defending champion Iga Swiatek and 12th seeded Italian Jasmine Paolini. If you missed Iga's win over Coco Gauff earlier on Friday, read Chris Oddo's breakdown of the first semi-final...
18:40Jasmine Paolini's achievement is starting to sink in...
18:30What a day for Italian 28-year-old Jasmine Paolini who cruises past Mirra Andreeva in 73 minutes 6-3, 6-1.
It’s a first Grand Slam final for the world No.15, who’ll move up to a ranking of No.7 regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s final against defending champion Iga Swiatek.
She becomes the first Italian women’s singles finalist in Paris since her doubles partner Sara Errani in 2012.
They’ll be back for the doubles semis on Friday to take on Marta Kostyuk and Elena-Gabriela Ruse.
18:14If you missed the early action, we've already crowned a pair of champions here in Paris when Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Germany's Laura Siegemund won the mixed final on Chatrier. Dan Imhoff reports on that straight-sets win earlier today...
©Loic Wacziak / FFT 18:12For the second successive set it's been the Italian playing the better, more consistent tennis and she's broken first to take control of the second. A hold in the fourth game puts her just three games from the Paris final...
17:55Jasmine Paolini hangs onto her break of serve for the remainder of the first set and the 12th seed from Italy is halfway there. One more set and she's into her first ever Grand Slam final here on Saturday.
17:46World No.1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek has just secured her 20th consecutive match-win at Roland-Garros; she is into her 4th Roland-Garros final; and she is 1 win away from a Paris three-peat.
Not a bad day at the office 🤩
Watch the highlights of her semi-final against Coco Gauff earlier today.
17:30The elder of these two players by 11 years, Jasmine Paolini looks like she's settled quicker and it's the Italian who grabs the first break of the match for a 3-1 lead. The 28-year-old then saves three break points in the fifth game - including one with a double netcord off a forehand - before she gets to her chair with a 4-1 first set lead...
17:05The second women's semi-final is moments away - 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva against Italian 12th seed Jasmine Paolini for a place in Saturday's final against top seed Iga Swiatek...
17:00With today's victory Iga...
* Moves into a fourth Roland-Garros final and her third in three years
* Collects her 20th straight victory at Roland-Garros, one win away from a three-peat in Paris
* Becomes the third player since 2000 to make three consecutive Roland-Garros women's singles finals after Justine Henin (2005-07) and Maria Sharapova (2012-14)
* Is the fifth player in the Open Era to win 20 consecutive matches at Roland Garros after Chris Evert (29, 1984-1991), Monica Seles (25, 1990-1996), Steffi Graf (20, 1987-1989) and Justine Henin (24, 2005- 2010)
16:47Iga Swiatek moves into her fourth Roland Garros final with a straight-sets defeat of third seed Coco Gauff on Chatrier in the first women’s semi-final of the day.
The world No.1 and three-time former champion won her 20th consecutive match at the French major, a 6-2, 6-4 victory to move into Saturday’s final.
After a comfortable opening set, Swiatek trailed 3-1 in the second only to win five of the last six games as she closed in on the finish line.
The Pole will face either Italy’s Jasmine Paolini or Mirra Andreeva in the final. They will contest the second semi-final on Chatrier from 5pm this afternoon.
16:24It's all Swiatek all of a sudden as she holds for 3-3 then breaks again to make it three games on the bounce. The Pole is ahead 6-2, 4-3 serving, and is just a couple of holds away from her fourth Roland-Garros final.
16:16The second set is much tighter so far, and this time it’s Coco Gauff who gets the first break to go up 3-1 to a deafening roar from the Chatrier crowd.
In the previous game, the American got involved in a disagreement with the chair umpire after a call that she felt went against her. It feels like the Paris crowd felt she was hard done by and are behind her now, hoping for a final set.
But Gauff can’t consolidate and Swiatek responds immediately to break back. Swiatek serving at 2-3…
©️Loic Wacziak / FFT 15:47A strong hold of serve for the American gets the scores back to 5-2 as they change ends before Swiatek serves out the opening set 6-2 after 37 minutes. Comfortable for the Pole so far and she has one foot in another Roland-Garros final…
15:35Swiatek has come under a fair bit of pressure on serve but she's played the big points well so far. The Pole saved a break point in each of her opening two service games - but held each time - to go ahead 3-1. Coco has been going big off the forehand early on but it's been hit and miss so far - she hit nine unforced errors in the opening four games.
And Swiatek breaks again for 4-1 first set...
15:10We're off and running on Chatrier as top seed and defending champion Iga Swiatek takes on third seed Coco Gauff for a place in the final - this is our first semi-final of two this afternoon.
Swiatek makes the perfect start, breaking the American to 15 in the opening game of the match. The champ is out of the blocks fast...
15:04This evening, Court Suzanne-Lenglen will burst into life for the Wildcard Battle - a unique tennis event created in collaboration with We Are Tennis by BNP Paribas and streamer Domingo to raise money for programmes benefitting young people through education, sport and the arts.
And tomorrow is Pride Day at Roland-Garros. Established last year on the ten-year anniversary of the first same-sex marriage in Paris, the day will be celebrated around the grounds.
©Rémy Chautard / FFT 14:30It's exactly half an hour before Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff take to Chatrier for the first women's semi-final of the day at 3pm local time.
Enjoy this promo ahead of what will be a fascinating clash...
14:25In the last few minutes there’s been another Italian success story as Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori move into the men’s doubles final.
With Jasmine Paolini and Jannik Sinner in singles semi-final action today and tomorrow, the men’s doubles pair keep the Italian flag flying with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 win over second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matt Ebden. It's the Italians' second major final this year after finishing runners-up in Australia in January.
There’s quarter-final action next on Court Simonne-Mathieu when the Tsitsipas brothers – Stef and Petros – take on Mate Pavic and Marcelo Arevalo for a spot in the semis in the top half of the draw.
14:20The first silverware of the tournament is presented on Court-Philippe Chatrier.
Check out our Mixed Doubles Final photo gallery for a taste of that title decider on the main show court.
©Nicolas Gouhier / FFT 14:15It almost never happened...
13:50The French fans go wild as local favourite Edouard Roger-Vasselin and his German mixed partner Laura Siegemund edge a dramatic 6-4, 7-5 victory to become this year's first champions at Roland-Garros 2024.
Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk hauled themselves back into the final when they saved a match point and broke back for 5-5 in the second set but the French-German team powered towards the finish line with another break before Siegemund served it out.
It's a second major title for Roger-Vasselin (and his second in Paris) and a third Grand Slam trophy for Siegemund.
13:25The order of play for Friday's men's semi-finals has just been released and it's Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner who will kick things off on Chatrier at 2.30pm.
Casper Ruud plays Alexander Zverev not before 5.30pm tomorrow.
12:56It's the German-French team that grab the first set in the mixed final after edging that opener 6-4 on Chatrier. Roger-Vasselin is going for his second Roland-Garros trophy after winning the men's doubles with Julien Benneteau in 2014. Siegemund is a two-time former major winner - both her titles came in New York, one in the ladies' doubles with Vera Zvonareva in 2020 and another in the mixed four years earlier with Mate Pavic.
12:41We've already had our first significant result out on Court 12 where wheelchair singles superstar Diede De Groot has booked her spot in another major final with victory over fellow Dutchwoman Aniek Van Koot.
The world No.1 is looking for her 14th successive Grand Slam singles title and came through her semi-final 6-1, 6-4 in blazing sunshine in an hour and 19 minutes.
12:10We're only a couple of hours away from handing out the first 2024 Roland-Garros silverware with the mixed doubles final now under way on Chatrier.
It's the Brit-American team of Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk against No.2 seeds Laura Siegemund of Germany and Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Best of three sets with a deciding first-to-ten-points match tiebreak to settle it if they split sets.
11:40Suzanne-Lenglen is in play with the women's legends currently on court.
Andrea Pektovic, a semi-finalist here in 2014, is partnering with France's Nathalie Tauziat, a five-time doubles semi-finalist between 1990 and 2000.
They're across the net from former world No.40 Pauline Parmentier, who is playing alongside Roland-Garros 2015 singles finalist and five-time Grand Slam doubles champion Lucie Safarova.
And when they're done, the fantastic four of John McEnroe, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon and Mats Wilander will take to the court for the men's doubles.
In yesterday's night session quarter-final, Alexander Zverev booked a place in his fourth consecutive Roland-Garros semi-final with a straight sets victory over Australia's Alex de Minaur.
Watch the match highlights and read Victoria Chiesa's thoughts on the match and hear what Zverev had to say on court afterwards.
The German No.4 seed now faces Casper Ruud in the semi-final on Friday.
11:00The sun is out and the forecast is good. We have an action packed day for you and we're definitely moving towards the pointy end of the tournament.
It's women's semi-finals day: after 15:00 No.3 seed Coco Gauff will try to topple world No.1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek.
Then, after 17:00, first-time Grand Slam semi-finalists Jasmine Paolini and Mirra Andreeva will battle it out for their place in the final.
Read more here:
>> SEMI-FINAL PREVIEW: SWIATEK VS GAUFF
>> SEMI-FINAL PREVIEW: PAOLINI VS ANDREEVA
But before that, we have some silverware to decide!
At 12:00 the USA's Desirae Krawczyk and Brit Neal Skupski will take to Court Philippe-Chatrier to take on No.2 seeds Laura Siegemund of Germany and her partner Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the mixed doubles final.
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