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French Open: It's Barbora Krejcikova vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in women's final
Updated On: 11 June, 2021 10:53 AM IST | Paris | IANS
Earlier, Anastasia, 29, became the first woman to play more than 50 major tournaments before reaching a final, having made her Grand Slam debut as a 15-year-old wildcard entrant at the Wimbledon in 2007.
Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova celebrates after winning against Greece's Maria Sakkari at the end of their women's singles semi-final tennis match on Day 12 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris. Pic/AFP
Unseeded Czech Barbora Krejcikova pulled off a remarkable upset by outlasting No.17 seed Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 9-7 in a French Open women's semi-final match to reach her first Grand Slam final on Thursday.
Barbora saved a match point at 5-3 in the third set and went on to win the titanic battle in three hours and 18 minutes.
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