MELBOURNE: Dayana Yastremska’s dream run continues because the Ukrainian defeated Czech teenager Linda Noskova on Wednesday to develop into the primary qualifier in 45 years to succeed in the Australian Open semifinals.
The 23-year-old Ukrainian scored her eighth win in Melbourne within the final three weeks by beating 19-year-old Noskova 6-3, 6-4 in an all-unseeded quarterfinal in Rod Laver Enviornment on Wednesday to succeed in the penultimate spherical of a Grand Slam event for the primary time.
The world No.93 was spectacular from the off, sustaining a steely focus and aggression all through a victory to develop into simply the second qualifier after Christine Dorey at Australian Open 1978 to progress to the final 4 at Melbourne Park.
The one-hour, 18-minute triumph marked Yastremska’s eighth straight triumph at Melbourne Park and made her simply the third Ukrainian after Elina Svitolina and Andrei Medvedev to succeed in a significant semifinal.
She is going to face both twelfth seed Zheng Qinwen or unseeded Anna Kalinskaya for a spot in her first Grand Slam ultimate.