Tennis: Paths to French Open women's singles final

Paths to Saturday’s French Open women’s final (x denotes seeded player):

Serena Williams (USA x1) v Maria Sharapova (RUS x2)

Williams

1st rd: bt Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 6-0, 6-1

2nd rd: bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-1, 6-2

3rd rd: bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM x26) 6-0, 6-2

4th rd: bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x15) 6-1, 6-3

QF: bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3

SF: bt Sara Errani (ITA x5) 6-0, 6-1

 

Sharapova

1st rd: bt Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 6-2, 6-1

2nd rd: bt Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 6-2, 6-4

3rd rd: bt Zheng Jie (CHN)) 6-1, 7-5

4th rd: bt Sloane Stephens (USA x17) 6-4, 6-3

QF: bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x18) 0-6, 6-4, 6-3

SF: bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR x3) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4