How easy it’s been to forget that Paul defeated Fritz in the Roland Garros junior championships final of 2015, long before all their success in Rome.

Swiatek fought off three match points to edge Sabalenka in the Spanish capital two Saturdays ago.

The Academy Award winner tagged the American on X after Paul battled past Hubert Hurkacz at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia Thursday.

“Against probably anybody else today, I would have won the match,” the American said following their Rome semifinal.

Looking back at a head-scratching month, and looking ahead to Thursday’s high-powered women’s semifinals in Rome.

The 26-year-old is the first Chilean since Fernando Gonzalez in 2009 to reach an ATP Masters 1000 semifinal.

The women's tournament will take place the week after Roland Garros, ushering in the start of tennis’ short grass-court campaign, while the men’s event will be held the following week.