World number 32 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova reached French Open 2021 women's singles final after defeating world number 85 Tamara Zidanšek 7-5, 6-3. With this, the 29-year-old became the first Russian woman to advance to a Grand Slam final since Maria Sharapova in 2015 (Australian Open). She is the first woman to play over 50 majors before reaching her first major final.