Paris, June 4 -- Flavio Cobolli broke new ground in Paris on Wednesday night, reaching his maiden Grand Slam semi-final at Roland Garros.

The 24-year-old Italian produced a strong performance under the roof on Court Philippe-Chatrier to defeat fourth-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 and book his place in the last four.

The top half of the men's draw has become wide open since last Thursday, when top seed and last year's finalist Jannik Sinner was stunned in the second round by Argentina's Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

Cobolli has been among those keen to capitalise on the opportunity, and the world No. 14 did so again in Paris to reach the last four.

After not dropping a set in his first three matches, Cobolli showed ...