Haddad Maia takes 肯定的なs from best Grand 激突する run

June 8 (Reuters) - Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia was in good spirits にもかかわらず her 6-2 7-6(7) 半分-final loss to Iga Swiatek at the French Open on Thursday に引き続いて the best two weeks of her career.

The 27-year-old, who had never 前進するd past a Grand 激突する second 一連の会議、交渉/完成する, became the first Brazilian woman in 55 years to reach a major 半分-final after (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域ing world number seven Ons Jabeur in the 4半期/4分の1-決勝戦.

After failing to 延長する her remarkable week to reach the final, Haddad Maia left Roland Garros with a smile.

"Our first goal was to go to the third 一連の会議、交渉/完成する," the world number 14 said.

"We worked very hard, and me and my team deserve and need to be very proud of ourselves, because it's not 平易な to be in this 行う/開催する/段階.

"I think this match and this week will bring me a lot of things to 改善する, things that we learn to build our game, our mentality."

The Brazilian's 独特の resilience was not enough against world number one Swiatek, who is bidding for her third French Open 肩書を与える.

After a first 始める,決める 支配するd by the 政治家, Haddad Maia fought 支援する, 軍隊ing a tiebreak in the second 始める,決める, but wasting the chance to send the match to a decider.

"I was a little bit more emotional in the beginning," Haddad Maia said.

"Playing for the first time 半分-決勝戦 against the No. 1 in the world, with a lot of Brazilians there, I couldn't be very disciplined and concentrated in the things that I had to be, but I did my best."

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Janina Nuno Rios in Mexico City, editing by Ed Osmond)

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