PARIS: Standing between world No. 1 Iga Swiatek and a second successive Roland Garros final is the tournament's surprise factor - the left-handed 6-footer from the land of Samba and soccer, Beatriz Haddad Maia. She's 27 and ranked 14.
Haddad Maia, fierce from the back of the court, rallied to score a 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1 win in two hours and 29 minutes over the seventh-seeded Tunisian Ons Jabeur on the majestic Court Philipp-Chatrier.