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French Open 2020: Elina Svitolina suffers shock defeat by qualifier Nadia Podoroska

World number 131 Nadia Podoroska says she "doesn't want to wake up" after a dream French Open run continued with a quarter-final victory over third seed Elina Svitolina.

Podoroska beat Svitolina 6-2 6-4 and now faces Pole Iga Swiatek, who won 6-3 6-1 against Italian Martina Trevisan.

The Argentine, 23, dropped to 508th in the world in 2018 and could not afford to travel to some tournaments.

"It is a bit difficult for me to speak," Podoroska said on court.

"I don't want to wake up," she later told a news conference.

"The toughest part for me was two or three years ago.