{"id":437531,"date":"2023-06-08T13:16:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=437531"},"modified":"2023-06-08T13:16:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:16:38","slug":"muchova-shocks-sabalenka-and-advances-to-the-french-open-final","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/muchova-shocks-sabalenka-and-advances-to-the-french-open-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Muchova shocks Sabalenka and advances to the French Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karolina Muchova, world number 43, upset world number 2, Aryna Sabalenka, and beat her 2-1 sets in the Roland-Garros \u00bd finals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Karolina Muchova knocks off No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka\u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>She is the fourth woman from the Czech Republic to make a French Open final since 2015 \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ZdGntcvsF\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/9ZdGntcvsF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1666846501413302275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Karolina won the 1<sup>st<\/sup> set after a tiebreak 7-6 (5) after both converted one break during the set. Sabalenka won the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> set after a tiebreak 7-6 (5), but this time to reach the tiebreak, both broke their opponent&#8217;s serve twice.<\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian had a 5-2 lead in the final set, and everything finished for the Czech player, but then Muchove won 5 straight games (broke Sabalenka&#8217;s serve twice), won the 3rd set 7-5, and reached the final in the French Capital.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Muchova got angles \ud83d\udcd0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolandGarros?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RolandGarros<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karomuchova7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@karomuchova7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lpzNn4qxdR\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/lpzNn4qxdR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rolandgarros\/status\/1666806630829408259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Muchova will play for the title in the French Open on Saturday against \u00a0Swiatek or Haddad Maia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">3 &#8211; Karolina Muchova is only the 3rd player ranked outside the WTA\u2019s top-40 to reach the final at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolandGarros?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RolandGarros<\/a> after Jelena Ostapenko (2017) and Iga Swiatek (2020), with both of the previous two winning their respective finals. Cruising.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WTA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTA_insider?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WTA_insider<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P0loubo0nM\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/P0loubo0nM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OptaAce (@OptaAce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaAce\/status\/1666845924792971268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karolina Muchova, world number 43, upset world number 2, Aryna Sabalenka, and beat her 2-1 sets in the Roland-Garros \u00bd finals. 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