Roland Garros will see two new female faces in a French Open final after Sara Errani and Maria Sharapova won the semi-finals on Ladies' Day. First up was the Italian who took on sixth seed Samantha Stosur. The opening set went down to the wire despite the Australian taking an early 2-0 lead. But Errani battled back to take it 7-5. Stosur roared through the second set, taking it 6-1 to force the match into a deciding set. Errani went off court during the break in between sets. This somehow managed to unsettle Stosur and the Italian went 3-1 up. Stosur did manage to level the set which left many thinking would change the momentum. But Errani dug deep to win the set 6-3 to book her place in her first major final. Another surprise result in the women's draw.
Surprisingly, Sharapova hadn't made it into a French Open final until this year, securing another straight sets victory, this time against fourth seed Petra Kvitova. The Russian took both sets 6-3 to book her place against Errani in the final. Regardless of the result, Sharapova has now regained her number one ranking but would love to celebrate with a win over the 21st seed.
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