| Dates: 22 May-5 June Venue: Roland Garros, Paris |
| Coverage: Live text and radio commentaries of selected matches across BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, the BBC Sport website and app |
Iga Swiatek, the world number one, advanced to the French Open final with a straight-set win over 20th-seeded Daria Kasatkina.
Swiatek advanced to her second Grand Slam final by winning her 34th successive game.
This fortnight on the Paris clay, the champion has dropped just one set.
The winner of Saturday's final will play Swiatek in Sunday's final.
Swiatek said it is a special moment. I am happy to be in that place.
There are two Grand Slam semi-finals on Thursday.
Since 2001, Kim Clijsters has been the youngest finalist at the French Open.
Swiatek is the favourite to win the Grand Slam women's singles title.
The Polish player has won five tournaments in a row and taken over as the world number one after Ashleigh Barty's retirement.
She and Williams hold the second longest streak by any player this century.
| All-time: | Since 2000: |
| 74 Martina Navratilova (1984) | 35 Venus Williams (2000) |
| 66 Steffi Graf (1989-1990) | 34 Serena Williams (2013) |
| 58 Martina Navratilova (1986-87) | 34 Iga Swiatek (2022) |
If Swiatek wins the title on Saturday, she will equal Venus Williams' 35- match streak.
Swiatek started strongly and broke her opponent's serve at the first chance.
The Russian gave another chance to Swiatek in the fifth game when she hit an overhead volley, but she was quickly wiped out.
The gasps of the crowd showed how bad the miss was.
Swiatek punished her further with a forehand winner to break for a 4-2 lead, continuing to swamp her and win the set with a cross court backhand winner.
The top seed in the semi-finals was a different class of opponent than the other one.
Swiatek took a break in the second set to make it look like it was going to beFka a win.
Swiatek hit clinical winners off both flanks to break and then served out victory with an ace.
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