Marta Kostyuk reached her first Grand Slam semifinal in the most charged of circumstances at Roland Garros, beating compatriot Elina Svitolina 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in the first all-Ukrainian Grand Slam quarterfinal of the Open Era. Played the night after a Russian attack across Ukraine, the win carried meaning well beyond the draw, and Kostyuk dedicated it to her country. In the day's other bottom-half quarterfinal, eighth seed Mirra Andreeva needed just 56 minutes to dismantle 36-year-old Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3 and return to the final four for the second time in her career. The two now meet for a place in the final, a rematch of this year's Madrid title match.
Kostyuk triumphs over Svitolina in all-Ukrainian semifinal breakthrough
The first all-Ukrainian Grand Slam quarterfinal of the Open Era carried a weight far beyond tennis, and Marta Kostyuk met the occasion. The 15th seed beat compatriot Elina Svitolina 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in 1 hour and 49 minutes to reach her first major semifinal, surging through the finish by taking 13 of the last 14 points. Kostyuk took the opener, Svitolina hit back with a dominant second set, and then the younger Ukrainian found a level in the decider that left little doubt. She becomes the first Ukrainian woman to reach the Roland Garros semifinals in the Open Era, while Svitolina, a semifinalist at each of the other three majors, falls to 0-6 in Paris quarterfinals. The match held its meaning close: played the night after a Russian attack across Ukraine, Kostyuk dedicated the win to her country in her on-court interview. Her clay form remains unbroken, a 17-match winning streak - one in Billie Jean King Cup and 16 straight on the WTA clay swing - that snapped Svitolina's own run at 10 and leaves her the only player in the draw yet to lose on the surface this season. She wound her composure tighter as the match wore on, winning 16 of 29 serve pressure points and 14 of 22 on return against the Svitolina delivery, and now holds a 2-1 head-to-head edge over her compatriot. The semifinal against Andreeva is a rematch of this year's Madrid final, with both players chasing a first Grand Slam final.
Andreeva storms into second Grand Slam semifinal in Paris
Two years after reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal at Roland Garros, Mirra Andreeva is back in a major's final four for just the second time in her career, and once again it has come in Paris. The eighth seed needed only 56 minutes to take apart 36-year-old Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3 under the closed roof on Court Philippe Chatrier. The 19-year-old was close to untouchable in the opening set, dropping just nine points across six games and conceding neither a game point nor a break point. After Cirstea finally got on the board to open the second and the pair traded breaks to 3-3, Andreeva raised her level again, losing only two points over the next three games to close it out. The numbers underlined the gulf: 18 winners to four, all six break points converted, and 20 errors forced from a player she dismissed for the second time in as many meetings. The win was Andreeva's 34th match win of the season, the most by any player in 2026, and her tour-leading 20th on clay. It also avenged a kind of history, a year on from the quarterfinal she lost here as favourite to Lois Boisson. She now meets Marta Kostyuk in the semifinals, an opponent against whom she is 0-2 this year.