Maria Sakkari shocks defending champion Iga Swiatek to reach last four in Paris

Maria Sakkari defeated defending champion Iga Swiatek. Picture: Thibault Camus/AP

Maria Sakkari stunned defending champion Iga Swiatek to complete a set of unexpected women’s semi-finalists at the French Open.

Swiatek burst onto the global stage in October by winning her first grand slam title in spectacular style and found herself this time as the only player in the quarter-finals previously to have gone further at any slam.