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Alexander Zverev is into the Roland-Garros final, and he needed every one of the 298 points to get there. He outlasted Flavio Cobolli 1-6 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) 1-6, a semifinal that swung on a single fourth-set tiebreak — lose it and Zverev is gone, since Flavio Cobolli closed the match with a 6-1 fifth. The shape was lopsided either way: Cobolli broke serve on three of his eight chances but coughed up 65 unforced errors and saved only 12 of 21 break points, the leaks Zverev kept finding even as his own serve wobbled to nine double faults.
The result also rewrites Zverev's fortnight. Beaten by Rafael Jodar in straight sets earlier in the draw's other half, he reaches the final on the back of a bottom half that emptied out around him. He'll meet a women's-side storyline already settled — Mirra Andreeva booked her final on Day 14 — with the men's title now one match away.
Mirra Andreeva is into her first Roland-Garros final, and she got there without much resistance. The teenager closed out Maja Chwalinska 6-3 6-2 in a semifinal that never threatened to go three — a second straight routine win after the 6-1 6-3 dismissal of Kostyuk a day earlier. Maja Chwalinska, the run-of-her-life qualifier who had carried this Cinderella story deep into the second week, finally ran out of road, dropping serve early in both sets and never clawing back even.
Andreeva is the last seed standing in a women's draw that swallowed Sabalenka, Swiatek and the rest of the favorites well before the weekend. She'll play for the title having dropped a combined eight games across her last two matches.
The two semifinal spots in the bottom half went to the players who served when it counted. Alexander Zverev came through Jakub Mensik in four, 5-7 2-6 6-3 3-6 — a result that flatters the Czech, who built a two-set lead and then watched it evaporate. Jakub Mensik won 16 of his 22 net points across sets one and two before fading; Alexander Zverev tightened the serve to 84% first-in in the fourth and broke once more to close it, finishing with 42 winners to Mensik's 32 and just two double faults all afternoon.
Alongside him, Flavio Cobolli got past Matteo Arnaldi in the all-Italian R6, ending Matteo Arnaldi's deep run. Flavio Cobolli reaches his first Roland-Garros semifinal in a draw that has been shedding seeds for two weeks.
The women's draw produced two semifinalists and barely a competitive set between them. Mirra Andreeva, the last seed of consequence left standing, ran past Marta Kostyuk 6-1 6-3 — a quick exit for the Ukrainian who had taken out Swiatek to open this run. Marta Kostyuk never found a foothold against the surface's emerging force.
Alongside her, Maja Chwalinska kept the unseeded surge going, edging Diana Shnaider 7-6(7) 6-4 one day after Diana Shnaider bageled Sabalenka out of the tournament. Chwalinska took a tight opening tiebreak 9-7, then broke once to close the second — a Paris semifinal out of nowhere. Andreeva versus Chwalinska is now the marquee, a top seed against a player few had on a deep-run card.
The top of the women's draw has caved. Aryna Sabalenka led by a set and was overrun 6-3 5-7 0-6 by Diana Shnaider, who ran the table in a 6-0 decider after losing the opener — a bagel set to close out the tournament's last marquee favorite. Alongside her, Anna Kalinskaya let an opening tiebreak slip 7(7)-6(3) and folded from there, falling 6-3 in the second to Maja Chwalinska.
On the men's side the unseeded run rolled on. Matteo Berrettini retired or was run off the court trailing 7-5 5-2 to Matteo Arnaldi, an all-Italian quarter that went one way. Felix Auger-Aliassime couldn't make a one-set lead stick either, dropping three straight to Flavio Cobolli, 6-4 4-6 4-6 4-6.
The men's draw's biggest name fell again. Alexander Zverev was bounced by qualifier-level resistance from Rafael Jodar, 7-6(7) 6-1 6-3, the Spaniard taking a tight opener on a tiebreak and then losing just four games across the next two sets. Rafael Jodar reaches the quarterfinals in a half of the draw that's lost its seeds in bunches. Jakub Mensik was the day's other men's winner, ending Joao Fonseca's giant-killing run 6-4 6-3 7-6(3) — the Brazilian, fresh off toppling Djokovic, couldn't convert a third-set tiebreak to extend it.
On the women's side, Mirra Andreeva needed 71 minutes to dispatch Sorana Cirstea 6-0 6-3, bageling the opener. Marta Kostyuk, the woman who put out Swiatek, edged Elina Svitolina 3-6 6-2 6-2 to keep her breakout run alive.
The men's draw kept tilting toward the unseeded on Day 9. Matteo Berrettini clawed back from a set and two breaks down to bury Juan Manuel Cerundolo in three tiebreak-laced sets, 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(8), denying the Argentine a second straight upset of a big name. Alongside him, Matteo Arnaldi outlasted Frances Tiafoe across nearly four hours, winning the decider 4-6 in the fifth after splitting four tiebreaks — Tiafoe's serve held in the breakers but cracked when it counted.
On the women's side, Aryna Sabalenka was the lone marquee survivor, closing out Naomi Osaka 7-5 6-3 without dropping serve in the second. Diana Shnaider edged Madison Keys in a wild 3-6 6-3 0-6 swing, the bagel third set capping a draw that keeps shedding seeds.
The biggest name standing in the women's draw is gone. Iga Swiatek, the surface's defining force, was run off in straight sets 7-5 6-1 by Marta Kostyuk, who broke open a tight opener and never looked back. With Swiatek out, Mirra Andreeva is the seed to watch — she needed just 72 minutes to dismiss Teichmann 6-3 6-2. Elina Svitolina escaped a 4-6 6-4 6-0 grind past Belinda Bencic, closing on a bagel after dropping the first set.
The men's side ran long. Joao Fonseca backed up his Djokovic stunner, outlasting Casper Ruud over four sets that included two tiebreaks. Jakub Mensik survived Andrey Rublev in five after losing two straight, and Alexander Zverev needed five to put away qualifier Jesper De Jong.
The women's draw lost two more contenders on Day 7. Coco Gauff was bounced by Anastasia Potapova, who recovered from a set down to win 6-4 6(1)-7(7) 4-6 after Gauff let a second-set tiebreak slip. Madison Keys followed her out the door, edged 3-6 7-5 5-7 by Canadian Victoria Mboko in a deciding set. Aryna Sabalenka was the exception at the top, bageling Kasatkina in the first and closing 6-0 7-5.
The men brought the marathons. Matteo Berrettini outlasted Francisco Comesana in a five-set epic decided 7(15)-6(13) in the final breaker, while Francisco Cerundolo — fresh off ousting Sinner — survived three tiebreaks to escape Landaluce. Naomi Osaka also advanced in three.
Joao Fonseca erased a two-set hole against Novak Djokovic, taking the last three 6-3 7-5 7-5 to close it out in five. The young Brazilian flipped a match that looked finished after two sets and never let the decider slip, handing the veteran a third-round exit. It anchors a chaotic Day 6 in the men's draw: Jakub Mensik dropped a 6-0 opening set to Alex De Minaur and then reeled off the next three for the upset, while Casper Ruud survived two tiebreaks against Tommy Paul in a five-set grind.
On the women's side it was cleaner at the top. Iga Swiatek needed only a 6-4 6-3 dismissal of Magda Linette, and Sorana Cirstea handed Solana Sierra a 6-0 6-0 double bagel to march through.
The world No. 1 is out. Jannik Sinner led Francisco Cerundolo by two sets and coughed up the next three for a 6-3 6-2 5-7 1-6 1-6 loss, winning just two games across the final two sets as the Argentine ran away with it. It headlines a brutal day for seeds: Stefanos Tsitsipas dropped a four-setter to Matteo Arnaldi after taking the opening tiebreak, and Ben Shelton went out in straight sets to Raphael Collignon.
The favorites who survived did so cleanly. Aryna Sabalenka handled home hope Elsa Jacquemot in two, Coco Gauff needed only 73 minutes' worth of work against Mayar Sherif, and Frances Tiafoe outlasted Hubert Hurkacz across five sets and four tiebreaks to claw into the third round.
The defending narrative of Roland-Garros took a wrecking ball on Day 4: Novak Djokovic was bounced in four sets by Frenchman Valentin Royer, who stole the third-set tiebreak from 7-all to flip the match and never gave it back. The carnage didn't stop there — Iga Swiatek, the tournament's emotional center of gravity, was run off the court in straights by teenage qualifier Sara Bejlek, and Elena Rybakina coughed up a 10-4 deciding-set tiebreak to Yuliia Starodubtseva after holding match points. Alexander Zverev joined them on the early flight, dismantled in straights by Tomas Machac, and Andrey Rublev needed every inch of a fourth-set tiebreak to escape Camilo Ugo Carabelli.
The survivors did their work quietly. Casper Ruud was the cleanest seed on site, handling Hamad Medjedovic in straight sets without a stumble, while Joao Fonseca climbed out of a two-set hole against Dino Prizmic — dropping just nine games across the final three sets — to keep the tournament's most-watched teenager alive.