Vladimir Nardin: One for all

In the semifinals of the French open championship in tennis, only Maria Sharapova will present Russia, although theoretically we could count on a purely Russian final.

In the quarterfinal match, Sharapova met with the German Andrea Petkovich and inflicted her defeat without visible problems. The outcome of the first batch of the match was especially convincing, in which the Russian woman did not allow the opponent to take a single game. Only in the second set, the German was able to slightly embellish her numbers on the scoreboard, but this was not enough for the overall success. 6: 0, 6: 3-with this score in favor of Sharapova this date ended, and it is unlikely that anyone had matured the idea of ​​calling the victory of Maria undeserved.

In the struggle for the exit to the final, Sharapova will argue with Lee Kitayan, and will do it on Thursday. The meeting is scheduled for 16:00 Moscow time. In this confrontation, the bookmakers of the British office of William Hill give preference to the Russian tennis player whose victory is estimated by a coefficient equal to 1.44. The victory of the Chinese woman is estimated by a coefficient of 2.75.

In another semi -finals on Thursday, Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli and Italian Francesca Skyavone will converge. But in their place could be athletes representing Russia. So, in the quarterfinals, Bartoli won over Svetlana Kuznetsova - 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 4. And Schiavone defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova - 1: 6, 7: 5, 7: 5.

It is interesting that the current Roland Garros draw in a female single discharge caused inconvenience to those fans of bets who prefer to follow the path of the least resistance. None of the representatives of the first three of the world ranking reached the quarterfinal stage of the tournament. We are talking about Caroline Wozniatski, Kim Klisters and Victoria Azarenka.

In the male part of the tournament, the favorites retain a stable position, and rarely fly from a distance earlier than the semifinals. And now, the monsters as Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray reached the 1/2 finals. On Friday, as part of the struggle for access to the final, very curious confrontations will be held. So, the Swiss Federer will converge with the now invincible Novak Jokovic, and the Spaniard will play against the British Murrei.