Story so far: Qualifier Podoroska stuns Svitolina to reach semis

Tournament debutante Nadia Podoroka was at a loss for words after the world No.131 knocked out third-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-4 to become the first qualifier in the Open Era to reach the Roland-Garros women's semi-finals on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old needed just 79 minutes to complete her victory, and tossed her racquet in disbelief as she secured her place in the tournament's history books.

Podoroska is the first woman from Argentina to make the last four in Paris since Paola Suarez achieved that feat in 2004.

Five-time Roland-Garros semi-finalist and 1990 US Open champion Gabriela Sabatini was the first to take to Twitter to congratulate her compatriot, who is enjoying a sensational 2020, amassing 43 wins and just six losses, across all levels.

"It's a little bit difficult to speak now after the match, my English is not so good, but thank you everybody for the support, I'm very, very happy," said Podoroska, who was facing a top-20 player for the first time in her career.

"We did a very good job with my coaches during quarantine, I think that's why I'm here today."

Podoroska added a few words in Spanish for her fans back home. She said she knows things are tough in Argentina with the pandemic and that it's an honour for her to try and bring some happiness to the people back home with her achievement.

Gritty Collins makes first RG quarter-final

Earlier on Court Philippe-Chatrier, Danielle Collins survived a roller coaster clash before coming out on top 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 against Tunisian No.30 seed Ons Jabeur to advance to the Roland-Garros quarter-finals for the first time in her career.

The American world No.57 had won just one main-draw match on Parisian clay prior to this tournament but has had a brilliant fortnight so far to set up a quarter-final meeting with her compatriot, the No.4 seed, Sofia Kenin.

In a fiery fourth-round meeting postponed from Monday due to the ran, Collins had the better start as she broke in the 10th game for a one-set lead.

Jabeur fell behind 0-3 within seven minutes in the second set but rallied to take the next five games and soon levelled the match to force a decider.

A topsy-turvy final set started with four consecutive service breaks before Collins pulled away 4-2, fighting back from 0-40 down along the way. It was time for the momentum to shift again as Jabeur broke back to get back on equal terms.

But a netted forehand from Jabeur gave Collins the victory and a place in the final eight.

"I felt like I was in the driver's seat up until 6-4, 3-0 but then... you know she's tricky and she served really well, she hit some drop shots on shots I wasn't really expecting. I just had to try to dig it out. It broke my rhythm. I lost my way there a little bit, lost some of the shots I had been hitting earlier and I just tried to stay positive," said Collins, a former Australian Open semi-finalist who hired ex-top-10 player Nicolas Almagro just last week.