Karolina Muchova has stopped resurgent former French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in her tracks with a 7-5 6-2 victory to march into the Roland Garros semi-finals for the first time in her career.
In the last four the Czech Republic’s Muchova will play second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, who beat Ukrainian former world No.3 Elina Svitolina 6-4 6-4 in a politically charged quarter-final.
