Iga Swiatek looks simply unstoppable at this moment in time, with the world number one breezing into the semi-finals at Roland Garros.
The Pole has barely put a foot wrong on the clay at the 2024 French Open, although when she did, her title dreams almost came crashing down.
The 23-year-old came extremely close to bowing out in just the second round in Paris when she met old friend Naomi Osaka.
But a match point was saved as Swiatek eventually won 7-6(1), 1-6, 7-5 in two hours and 57 minutes, with her Rafael Nadal-esque display blowing tennis fans away.
She now faces off against Coco Gauff for yet another French Open final spot, with the American also looking very strong.
Andy Roddick makes Coco Gauff v Iga Swiatek prediction
Gauff needed to produce a comeback win against Ons Jabeur in her toughest test yet, with that quarter-final victory setting up the meeting with Swiatek.
But history is not on her side going into the game, with the Pole having won 10 of their 11 previous meetings, which includes the 2022 final and the 2023 quarter-final in France.
Former men’s professional Andy Roddick is predicting yet another final for the world number one, and expects her to meet Mirra Andreeva there in Paris.
“I don’t think this match-up is truly indicative of how Coco is playing or how we should value her as a player overall,” Roddick said on Served with Andy Roddick.
“It’s just she is playing the best player on earth of which there might be two or three at any given moment and she might be the second best player at any given moment and there is someone who is better.
“Iga Swiatek, anyone who says she hasn’t been better than anyone over the last three years is taking crazy pills.
“Not every month has she been better, Sabalenka has had three-month runs, but at scale she has been better than anyone.
“It’s just a tough match-up. It’s frustrating if you’re where Coco is and it’s like I do all these things well and the things I specifically do well, which might bother other people, might not bother Iga as much.
“Conversely what Iga does well plays into my weakness like a glove. So I like Iga. I have liked Iga from the beginning, I like Iga even more now there aren’t any more 6ft 2 giants hitting the ball through her any more.”
Roddick added: “I like Iga and Andreeva in the final and I think Iga rolls it. I think this is her title.”
Is Iga Swiatek heading for another French Open title?
Swiatek certainly looks hard to beat, but it would be foolish to rule out Andreeva given her stunning run in Paris.
The Russian teenager secured the biggest win of her brief career so far by knocking out second seed Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter-finals.
The 17-year-old is now the youngest Grand Slam semi-finalist since Martina Hingis at the 1997 US Open, having beaten her opponent 6-7(5-7), 6-4, 6-4.
Ranked 38th in the world, she meets Italian Jasmine Paolini in the last four, another player really enjoying herself on the clay.
But it does seem that whoever reaches the final from this bracket is walking into a nightmare, with Swiatek chasing a third-successive French Open title.
The Pole has at least offered some kind words for Gauff ahead of their meeting, claiming that her mental game on the court has improved.
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