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How to watch: Tennis Channel, 5 hours east; NBCSN, 7 hours; NBC, 11 hours (recorded)
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Dashboard: Men | Women
Ashleigh Barty against Amanda Anisimova
Australia's Barty, the only top-25 player to reach the women's semifinals, devoured the US opposition by beating four US players in her previous five races. She will have a chance to secure a fifth place finish over Suzanne Lenglen Court (5 am Eastern) against Amanda Anisimova, 17, from New Jersey, who defeated defending champion Simona Halep in the quarter-final Thursday. Barty, seeded number 8, was 2-5 at this tournament before this year, but suddenly finds himself the favorite of betting manufacturers to win the title.
Marketa Vondrousova vs. Johanna Konta
Konta, 26th seeded, is the only remaining four women to have played in a Grand Slam semifinal before. Due to the threatening weather and tickets already sold for the men's matches on court Philippe Chatrier, Konta and Vondrousova will play on the new Simonne Mathieu Court, at the same time as Barty and Anisimova, face off against Lenglen Court. The WTA has criticized the court's attributions as "unfair and inappropriate". A semifinal on a court of third instance is extremely rare. At the 2011 American Open, Samantha Stosur and Angélique Kerber played on the former stand. But even that court had 1,000 more seats than the Mathieu Court, 5,000 seats.
Roger Federer against Rafael Nadal
Perhaps you have heard of these two men and their rivalry. Their 39th career game, but the first at Roland Garros since 2011, should start at 12:50. in Paris, 6:50 am, Eastern time. NBCSN and Tennis Channel will broadcast the match live and we will provide live updates from Roland Garros at nytimes.com/sports.
Novak Djokovic vs. Dominic Thiem
The second men's semifinal will be Roland Garros' third meeting in four years for Djokovic and Thiem. They have split the previous two, but Djokovic has a 6-2 advantage in their last eight games. Thiem beat Nadal four times on clay, but admitted Thursday that he had "a little more trouble with guys who play a little less well and who take balls very early as Novak does." Djokovic has two wins out of four consecutive Grand Slam title wins for the second time in his career. He finished his first "Djokovic Slam" at Roland Garros 2016.
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