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Teenager Mirra Andreeva reaches first Grand Slam semi-final

There were teenage kicks at the French Open as 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva reached a maiden Grand Slam semi-final, where she will meet another debutant, Italian Jasmine Paolini.

Alexander Zverev reached his fourth semi-final in four years after a late night victory over Alex De Minaur.

Here, the PA press agency looks back on the 11th day of Roland-Garros.

Picture of the day

Alexander Zverev takes off (Thibault Camus/AP)

Match of the day

Andreeva beat an ill Aryna Sabalenka to reach the final four. The Russian edged world number two Sabalenka, who was suffering from illness, 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-4 in a brutal two hours and 29 minutes.

Statistics of the day

Andreeva is the youngest semi-finalist at Roland Garros since Martina Hingis in 1997.

Quote of the day

The puppy stops playing

Is this Sue Barker? Medvedev spaniel? Or André Wagassi?

British watch

Joe Salisbury's tournament ended in the men's doubles quarterfinals. Salisbury and American partner Rajeev Ram lost to Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, but Americans Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk reached the mixed doubles final after beating Jan Zielinski and Hsieh Su-wei in a tiebreak .

Fallen seeds

Men: Alex De Minaur (11).
Women: Aryna Sabalenka (2), Elena Rybakina (4).

Who's next ?

Defending champion Iga Swiatek meets third seed Coco Gauff in the first heavyweight semi-final, before surprise packages Mirra Andreeva and Jasmine Paolini contest the second. Briton Neal Skupski also plays alongside Desirae Krawczyk in the mixed doubles final against German Laura Siegemund and Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

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