<p>Svitolina, who is looking for ‌her maiden Grand Slam title at the age of 31, arrived at ‌Roland Garros in superb form ⁠after ‌winning the Rome title by beating Coco ​Gauff in the final. She was taken to three sets ​in her Paris opener, before easy wins in the previous two rounds ⁠to build ​momentum ahead of the clash with 11th seed Bencic on Court Philippe Chatrier.</p><p>Bencic, also seeking her ‌first major title following her gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics five years ago, fended off a late charge from Svitolina to take the opening set. Svitolina quickly hit her stride to level up the contest at one-set apiece, before ‌turning up the heat in ​the third set as Bencic's challenge ‌faded.</p><p>She closed out the win by blanking her opponent to secure a meeting with Kostyuk, who earlier defeated four-time French ⁠Open champion ⁠Iga Swiatek.</p><p><strong>Check out the match stats here</strong>.</p>