At 28, Martina Trevisan (WTA 59) will play her first semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament at Roland-Garros. The Florentine took the best 6-2 6-7 (3/7) 6-3 over Leylah Fernandez (18), who fell for Belinda Bencic in the 3rd round.
Trevisan, who reached the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros 2 years ago and recently celebrated his 1st title on the Circuit in Rabat, chained a 10th victory.
I arrived at Roland-Garros with a lot of energy.
“Rabat was very important, it was an incredible week and it was the first trophy of my career. I came here with a lot of energy“, explained the Italian, the first representative of her country to climb to the half since Sara Errani in 2013.
Despite a start at the end of the second set with a match point saved and the tie break won, the rising star of Montreal, visibly embarrassed by foot pain in the initial set, multiplied the unforced errors (44). “During the 1st match point I was too nervous, I thought too much, telling myself that I was only one point from the semi-final“, delivered Trevisan.
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