Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska beats Czech Linda Noskova to become the second woman from qualifying to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
The 23-year-old number 93 in the world beat the 19-year-old number 50 in the world rankings 6-3 6-4 in 78 minutes of play in the quarterfinals. In the next round she will have to compete with the Russian Anna Kalinskaya or the Chinese Zheng Qinwen.
Yastremska is the first qualifier to reach the semi-finals of the season-opening Grand Slam since Australia’s Christine Matison in 1978. “It’s nice to make history, because I wasn’t even born at that time,” the Ukrainian commented.
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2024-01-24 03:13:00
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