News and updates from all the action on Day 12 at Roland-Garros
©André Ferreira / FFTThursday's play has ended. Come back on Friday at 11am for more Grand Slam tennis on men's semifinals day. There'll be those two big matches (Musetti vs Alcaraz and Sinner vs Djokovic), doubles semifinals, wheelchair semifinals, juniors and legends all to enjoy | Friday Order of Play
19:02Coco Gauff ends French wild card Lois Boisson's remarkable run in Paris with a comprehensive 6-1, 6-2 victory in 69 minutes on Chatrier.
The 21-year-old played the perfect match, blocking out the French support for her opponent to focus fully on reaching her second Roland-Garros singles final, and her third major final overall.
It'll be the world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka against world No.2 Gauff in Saturday's final, with a new champion guaranteed.
©André Ferreira / FFT 18:30World No.2 Coco Gauff is a set away from the women's final, racing through the opening set against French wild card sensation Lois Boisson in just over half an hour.
Can the world No.361 find a route back in and extend her fairytale stay in the French capital...
18:20Away from the women's semifinals for a moment and we're getting into the sharp end of the junior draws as the weekend draws near.
British 16-year-old Hannah Klugman played a brilliant match today to move into the girls' semifinals, saving a match point along the way.
Afterwards the teenager sat down with Alex Sharp and explained how a recent trip to the Rafa Nadal Academy - and a meeting with the great man himself - has helped her on the clay this week.
©Julien Crosnier / FFT 17:45The women's semifinals keep coming. No sooner has the dust settled after the Sabalenka-Swiatek battle, than No.2 seed Coco Gauff and the surprise package of RG2025 - world No.361 Lois Boisson - make their way onto Court Philippe-Chatrier. If you've missed the whole Boisson story read up on the Frenchwoman through the links below...
Gauff vs Boisson: Semifinal preview
17:30Aryna Sabalenka plays a brilliant and brutal final set to beat four-time champion Iga Swiatek 7-6(1), 4-6, 6-0.
The world No.1 is into her first Roland-Garros final where she'll play either Coco Gauff or French wild card Lois Boisson. They meet in semifinal number two.
The result brings to an end Swiatek's incredible 26-match win streak at Roland-Garros and guarantees a brand new women's champion this weekend.
It will be the first time since 2021 that four-time champion Swiatek will not feature in the women's singles final in Paris.
17:05Back comes the four-time champion Iga Swiatek to take the second set 6-4. We're going the distance under the roof!
There was a flurry of breaks of serve at the start of the set and it was Swiatek who struck twice and who as able to hang onto that advantage throughout another gripping chapter.
We've got a one-set shootout for a place in the final...
©Corinne Dubreuil / FFT 16:45Remember today’s the first day here on site that you can have a go at padel tennis, pickleball, urban tennis and beach tennis around the Roland-Garros grounds. Head to Court 5 for a ‘multi-sport’ venue from Thursday where you can find padel and pickleball with everyone welcome to get on court. If beach tennis is your thing then find Court 8 where the French junior beach tennis team is in position to showcase the sport. Look for urban tennis all around the RG venue. Allez!
16:20What a set that was, this first semifinal is living up to its billing. Despite leading 3-0 and 4-1, Aryna Sabalenka eventually needs a tiebreak to get past the defending champion Iga Swiatek after 69 scintillating minutes. The world No.1 started the shootout quickly, switching ends at 5-1 and finally can breathe a sigh of relief after an incredibly high quality opening set.
Iga Swiatek’s 26-match Roland-Garros winning streak is under threat under the Chatrier roof…
©Corinne Dubreuil / FFT 15:48It’s been an explosive first set so far, full of power tennis as we expected.
It was all Aryna Sabalenka initially as she jumped into a double break and a 3-0 lead before Iga started to settle.
From 4-1 down, the defending champion Swiatek breaks and then holds for the first time to get it back to 4-3, Sabalenka still up a break.
15:05The wait is over for the women’s semifinals. First up it’s the BIG one - world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka against defending champion Iga Swiatek, for a place in Saturday’s final. Follow with live scores below and remember you can tune into live coverage with our friends at Radio Roland-Garros. Enjoy…
14:10Friday's men's semifinal schedule is out - Lorenzo Musetti and Carlos Alcaraz will kick things off at 2.30pm on Chatrier. Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner clash not before 7pm.
14:00For Sara Errani it’s yet another Grand Slam trophy. She has five women’s doubles majors to her name, and has now won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles - Paris and New York last year with Andrea Vavassori. The 38-year-old also won Olympic doubles gold last summer on this Paris centre court.
The 30-year-old Vavassori claims his second major trophy - both of them mixed titles with Errani. He’s also reached three Grand Slam doubles finals, all with fellow Italian Simone Bolelli.
©Clément Mahoudeau / FFT 13:35 13:20Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori are the Roland-Garros 2025 mixed doubles champions after a rock solid 6-4, 6-2 victory over Americans Taylor Townsend and Evan King on Court Philippe-Chatrier. It’s our first final of the tournament. Forza!
©Clément Mahoudeau / FFT 12:59Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori have taken the first set in their mixed doubles final against Taylor Townsend and Evan King on a breezy Court Philippe-Chatrier.
A single break of serve allowed the Italian pair to get the edge for 4-3 and head back to their seats with the opener after 42 minutes.
Errani and Vavassori are up a break at 2-0 in the second.
12:41It was all go yesterday with the second day of quarter-finals determining the last-four lineup in the men's and women's draws for Roland-Garros 2025.
Chris Oddo got the early shift and headed out onto Chatrier to watch No.2 seed Coco-Gauff defeat Australian Open champion Madison Keys.
Then French wild card Lois Boisson took to the court to try to get past No.6 seed Mirra Andreeva. Dan Imhoff was the lucky writer on that one and brought us his take on Boisson’s extraordinary victory.
Then to the men and it was a speedy day at the office for Alex Sharp as Jannik Sinner took just 1h 49m to see off the challenge of Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik.
And as always, Victoria Chiesa was on hand to cover the night session - this time an extraordinary display of resilience from Novak Djokovic as the 38-year-old denied third-seeded Alexander Zverev.
Lee Goodall made sense of it all in his Daily Wrap and you can watch all the highlights and best moments with the… Daily Highlights and Best Moments by Emirates.
And Novak Djokovic delivered up this piece of mastery for Shot of the Day.
12:10The first trophy match of Roland-Garros 2025 is under way on Court Philippe-Chatrier 🏆
Italy's No.3 seeds Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori are facing the fourth-seeded all-American pairing of Taylor Townsend and Evan King for the mixed doubles title.
We'll keep you posted.
12:04Have you ever wondered what players get up to at Roland-Garros when they're not on court? What do they do? Where do they go? Alex Sharp snuck in behind the scenes (only joking, he was invited) to take a look at the five-star facilities available to Grand Slam hopefuls and to meet the person responsible for making it all happen.
11:26 11:00Welcome to Day 12 - where has the time gone?
It’s semi-finals day in the women’s draw and we have two sizzlers for you that showcase two very different sides of Grand Slam tennis.
In the first semi-final – not before 15:00 on Chatrier – No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka takes on defending champion Iga Swiatek. Power and courtcraft at the very top of the sport - this will have it all. After that, second seed and 2023 US Open winner Coco Gauff meets Lois Boisson, the wild card who entered the tournament as world No.361 and will leave as at least No.65. It’s quite the fairytale and not to be missed.
But oh no, that’s not all.
You're going to have to pace yourself with all this excitement because before that there's going to be silverware on Chatrier: the first trophy of Roland-Garros 2025 will be awarded to the mixed doubles champions. In an all-Italian vs all-American clash, No.3 seeds Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori take on No.4 seeds Taylor Townsend and Evan King. Play starts at 12:00
Errani has a shot at a second title as she prepares for the semi-finals of the women’s doubles alongside Jasmine Paolini.
King is also still in the mix for double doubles as he and partner Christian Harrison next face British pair Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury in the men’s doubles semi-finals on Friday.
The indefatigable Chris Oddo recently caught up with Evans to talk about the American’s tennis journey from first round defeat to Grand Slam final.
ROLAND-GARROS
19 May - 8 June 2025
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