Italian Jasmine Paolini and Russian Mirra Andreeva reached the 2024 French Open semifinals with major upsets of Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, respectively, Wednesday in Paris.

Join our writers for all the quarter-final action from day 11 of Roland Garros. Andreeva beats Sabalenka 6-7, 6-4, 6-4! 18:21 Deuce, when Sabalenka hits just beyond the baseline. A drop-shot error from Sabalanka and it’s advantage Andreeva!

There will be two first-timers in the 2024 French Open women's semifinal. 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva of Russia will play 28-year-old Italian Jasmine Paolini in the semifinals Thursday. Neither has played in a Grand Slam semifinal before.

Jasmine Paolini stunned Elena Rybakina in the opening match on Court Philippe-Chatrier, before Alexander Zverev faces Alex de Minaur for a place against Casper Ruud in the semi-finals

The youngest Grand Slam semifinalist since Martina Hingis in 1997 will face 12th-seeded Jasmine Paolini, who upset No. 4 Elena Rybakina

Second seed Aryna Sabalenka was sent crashing out of the French Open after a shock 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 quarter-final loss to Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva on Wednesday after being hampered by illness throughout the contest.

Jasmine Paolini has reached the first Grand Slam semifinal of her career by beating No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 at the French Open

Jasmine Paolini se instaló en la primer semifinal de Grand Slam de su carrera tras eliminar el miércoles 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 a la cuarta cabeza de serie Elena Rybakina en el Abierto de Francia.

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) -Italian surprise package Jasmine Paolini staved off a fightback from fourth seed Elena Rybakina to seal a stunning 6-2 4-6 6-4 win on Wednesday and advance to the French Open semi-finals for the first time.

Jasmine Paolini defeats Elena Rybakina in three sets to advance to the semifinals of the French Open.

Jasmine Paolini stuns Elena Rybakina in a back-and-forth contest to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final at Roland Garros.