• Marketa Vondrousova to face British No1
The thunderstorm expected to rip through Roland Garros on day 13 will be forgotten soon enough if Amanda Anisimova and Marketa Vondrousova become the first teenage finalists in a major championship since 17-year-old Serena Williams beat 18-year-old Martina Hingis at the US Open 20 years ago.
That possibility describes a cycle of change that Williams had strangled with her brilliance in compiling 23 majors, a run that has stalled since the 37-year-old grande dame of tennis became a mother in September 2017. She has not won a tournament since and her game has an air of anxiety about it.
Written by Kevin Mitchell at Roland Garros
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/06/amanda-anisimova-shocks-simona-halep-reach-french-open-tennis-semi-final under the title “Johanna Konta and Ashleigh Barty look to steal teenagers’ thunder”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
