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Cinderella's slipper fits Shelby Rogers, books 1st slam quarters spot

Reuters

Shelby Rogers, an American ranked 108th, reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal by beating 25th-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday.

Rogers only once before had been as far as the third round at a major tournament, losing at that stage at last year's U.S. Open. Otherwise, of her nine previous Slam appearances, six ended in the first round, the others in the second.

Only five players ranked lower than Rogers have reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in the last 30 years.

But the 23-year-old Rogers, who is from South Carolina, has now defeated three seeded players during the tournament, including No. 10 Petra Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, and No. 17 Karolina Pliskova.

Next for Rogers is a match against No. 4 Garbine Muguruza, the 2015 Wimbledon runner-up.

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