Italy’s Trevisan beats Fernandez to achieve French Open semis

Unseeded Italian Martina Trevisan surged into the French Open semi-finals with a 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3 defeat of Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez on Tuesday.

Trevisan had all of the solutions as she dominated many of the match towards a below-par Fernandez who struggled to repeat the shape that took her to final yr’s U.S. Open closing.

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The world quantity 59 may have received in straight units however wavered when serving for the match at 5-4 within the second as fellow left-hander Fernandez dug deep to remain within the contest.

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Fernandez comfortably claimed the tiebreak to turn out to be the primary participant to take a set off Trevisan at Roland Garros this yr, however it was to show solely a short respite.

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Trevisan raced right into a 3-0 lead within the deciding set and received a fiercely-contested fourth recreation to earn a double break.

Fernandez, who was handled for a foot damage within the first set, was by no means going to go away quietly although and broke serve twice herself to claw again to 3-5.

The nerves have been apparent as Trevisan once more served for the match however this time she wouldn’t be denied as she secured the win with an angled crosscourt forehand.