American third seed Coco Gauff reached the French Open semi-finals after recovering to beat Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in an absorbing contest.
Gauff showed her maturity and mentality to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at Roland Garros on Tuesday.
The US Open champion will play Polish top seed Iga Swiatek, who beat her in the 2022 final, in the last four on Thursday.
Swiatek continued her bid for a third straight title with a 6-Love, 6-2 win over Czech fifth seed Marketa Vondrousova.
Meanwhile, Defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the tournament before his quarter-final with a knee injury.
Serbia’s Djokovic had a scan on the injury on Tuesday, having blamed the “slippery” Roland Garros clay courts for aggravating the problem during his fourth-round victory on Monday.
The 37-year-old was due to play Norwegian seventh seed Casper Ruud in the last eight on Wednesday.
The scan revealed Djokovic has torn medial meniscus in his right knee.
The injury has ended his hopes of winning a 25th Grand Slam title – which would be an outright all-time record – on the Paris clay.
Djokovic will also lose his status as the world number one and be replaced by Italy’s Jannik Sinner after the French Open.
It remains to be seen if he will be able to regain fitness in time for Wimbledon, where he is a seven-time champion.
The grass-court championships start at the All England Club on July 1, while the Paris 2024 Olympics begin at Roland Garros on July 27.
Djokovic has not won an Olympic gold medal and made no secret that it was a key priority this year.
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