French Open: Karolina Muchova earns semi-final spot with straight-sets win

<p>Karolina Muchova claimed her second grand slam semi-final berth with a win against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the French Open.</p>

<p>The Czech, who also made the last four at the Australian Open in 2021, matched her best slam result with a 7-5 6-2 victory on Philippe Chatrier.</p>

<p>Muchova, 26, suffered an abdominal injury during her Australian run that kept her out for seven months and she was ranked outside the top 200 as recently as September.</p>

<p>With her run here, Muchova is set to return to the top 20, and she said: "I don't know what to say. It's been an incredible two weeks and I'm just glad i'm still in the competition."</p>

<p>The Czech was never behind in the match but was twice pegged back in the opening set, with Pavlyuchenkova breaking when she served for it at 5-4.</p>

<p>However, Muchova broke again, took her second chance and did not look back.</p>

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