French Open women’s semifinals recap: How three games explained the two matches

Follow The Athletic’s French Open coverage Welcome to the French Open briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On Day 12, the women’s semifinals arrived, with all four players in search of their first appearance in a Grand Slam final. How did a nervy start determine the trajectory of almost an entire match? Tennis matches are never usually decided in the first two games, but they can dictate the direction of travel. It was Marta Kost