{"id":1684,"date":"2025-06-05T20:45:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2025-06-05T20:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:45:03","slug":"roland-garros-quarter-finals-and-ladies-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/2025\/06\/05\/roland-garros-quarter-finals-and-ladies-semi-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Roland Garros Quarter-Finals and Ladies Semi-Final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfbe June 3 \u2013 Quarterfinal Action Heats Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Men\u2019s Singles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Carlos Alcaraz<\/strong> cruised past Tommy Paul in straight sets (6-0, 6-1, 6-4), securing his place in the semifinals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jannik Sinner<\/strong> continued to dominate, defeating Alexander Bublik 6-1, 7-5, 6-0.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lorenzo Musetti<\/strong> made history by reaching the semifinals, marking the first time two Italian men (alongside Sinner) made it this far at Roland Garros in the Open Era.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Women\u2019s Singles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Iga Swiatek<\/strong> knocked out Elina Svitolina with a confident 6-1, 7-5 win.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aryna Sabalenka<\/strong> booked her semifinal spot after taking down Zheng Qinwen 7-6(3), 6-3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfbe June 4 \u2013 More Semifinalists Emerge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Men\u2019s Singles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Novak Djokovic<\/strong> battled back from a set down to defeat Alexander Zverev in four sets, setting up a highly anticipated semifinal with Sinner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Women\u2019s Singles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Coco Gauff<\/strong> edged past fellow American Madison Keys in a tough three-set match to reach the final four.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lo\u00efs Boisson<\/strong>, a French wildcard ranked 361st, stunned the crowd with a straight-set win over Mirra Andreeva. She became the first Frenchwoman to reach the semis since 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfbe June 5 \u2013 Women\u2019s Final Takes Shape<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Women\u2019s Singles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aryna Sabalenka<\/strong> ended Iga Swiatek\u2019s impressive 26-match winning streak at Roland Garros, winning their semifinal 7-6(1), 4-6, 6-0.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Coco Gauff<\/strong> breezed past Boisson 6-1, 6-2, earning her spot in the final for the second time in Paris.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Onto the fantasy leaderboard and there has been a bit of a shake up. However our leader has remained firm and &#8216;Rally Tally Score&#8217; now have a lead of 6 points over 2nd placed &#8216;Left is Best&#8217;. &#8216;Served&#8217; moved up a very impressive 22 places and now sit in 3rd spot. &#8216;Down the Line&#8217; move down another spot and after leading for a while now sit in 4th. &#8216;Sinful&#8217; consolidates their 5th spot while &#8216;Tennis Pall&#8217; sits in the last prize position, 6th. 30th spot for the first time in the tournament is occupied by someone and that someone is &#8216;Simply Smashing&#8217;. The other lucky position is 75th and that is occupied by &#8216;Randomizer&#8217;. The wooden spoon continues to be held by &#8216;New Balls Please&#8217; who sit 11 points off their nearest challenger. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"738\" src=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Quarters-and-LS-semi-Top-Half.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1686\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Quarters-and-LS-semi-Top-Half.png 493w, http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Quarters-and-LS-semi-Top-Half-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Top Half<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"734\" src=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Quarters-and-LS-semi-Bottom-Half.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1687\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Quarters-and-LS-semi-Bottom-Half.png 495w, http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Quarters-and-LS-semi-Bottom-Half-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bottom Half<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfbe June 3 \u2013 Quarterfinal Action Heats Up Men\u2019s Singles Women\u2019s Singles \ud83c\udfbe June 4 \u2013 More Semifinalists Emerge Men\u2019s Singles Women\u2019s Singles \ud83c\udfbe June 5 \u2013 Women\u2019s Final Takes Shape Women\u2019s Singles Onto the fantasy leaderboard and there has been a bit of a shake up. However our leader has remained firm and &#8216;Rally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-roland-garros-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1688,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions\/1688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/jftl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}