Pablo Carreño Busta reached his first career major semifinal Tuesday, beating No. Carreño Busta traveled a fairly tame path to the quarterfinals, becoming the first player in the Open era to face four qualifiers in a Grand Slam tournament. He was bidding to become the shortest in a major semifinal since 5-6 Harold Solomon at the 1980 French Open. Sevastova beat Maria Sharapova in the fourth round and was trying to reach the first major semifinal of her career. Her only previous trip to the final four at a major tournament came at the Australian Open four years ago.

Source: CBC News September 05, 2017 19:07 UTC