(L to R) Tamara Zidansek, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Barbora Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari: The semi-finalists
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Even by the usually high levels of unpredictability associated with the women’s singles draw at Majors these days, the 2021 French Open has been rather extraordinary. For only the second time in the Open era, and the first at Roland Garros, there are four first-time Grand Slam semifinalists in the women’s singles draw.
Barbora Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Tamara Zidansek have all reached the last-four stage for the first time in their careers. This is uncharted territory. In fact, the highest remaining seed is Sakkari at 17.