Category: 8. Sports

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka’s shocking loss in the Roland-Garros quarterfinals opens the draw to a first-time Grand Slam champion—but it also sets up a tense pair of semifinals, with players from Russia and Ukraine matched up directly against…

PARIS (AP):

Marta Kostyuk, the best player on clay this season and a vocal supporter of Ukraine amid the war with Russia, will play her first major semi-final at the French Open against a Russian.

Kostyuk won an intense all-Ukraine quarterfinal…

PARIS — First you notice the body art.

Stars across the cheeks. Piercings in the upper lower lip. Tattoos on her neck and chest and down her left arm.

Then, Oleksandra Oliynykova’s game captures the imagination, a throwback approach that mixes…

Marta Kostyuk reacts after winning her quarterfinal match in the French Open Tuesday in Paris. (AP photo)