Paolini Upsets Rybakina to Move to French Open Semifinal

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Jasmine Paolini stunned Elena Rybakina in a back-and-forth contest to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final at the French Open.

Italian 12th seed Paolini won 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 against the Kazakhstani fourth seed on a windy Court Philippe-Chatrier.

She will face Russian Mirra Andreeva or Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals.

Paolini was competing in her first Grand Slam quarter-final following an impressive season which has seen the 28-year-old break into the top 15 for the first time and win her maiden WTA 1,000 title at the Dubai Tennis Championships in February.

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