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TOPSHOT - (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on June 6, 2024, shows (L) Italy's Jasmine Paolini celebrating after winning against Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina at the end of their women's singles quarter final match on Court Philippe-Chatrier on day eleven of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros Complex in Paris on June 5, 2024, Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates after winning against US Coco Gauff at the end of their women's singles semi final match on Court Philippe-Chatrier on day twelve of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros Complex in Paris on June 6, 2024. Jasmine Paolini will play Iga Swiatek in the French Open final after the Italian 12th seed ended the run of 17-year-old Russian sensation Mirra Andreeva in the last four on June 6, 2024, winning 6-3, 6-1. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD and Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

The ‘Nadaliser’ bids for legendary status on clay

When Iga Swiatek is in her element on clay, it is almost as though she has entered a tennis version of The Matrix, and it will take an almighty performance from Italian Jasmine Paolini to deny her a third straight Roland Garros title on Saturday in Paris.

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