Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska has grow to be the primary qualifier to achieve the Australian Open semi-finals in 46 years, storming previous Czech Linda Noskova on Rod Laver Enviornment on Wednesday.
World No.93 Yastremska proved too stylish for Noskova, the rising teenager who memorably eradicated four-time main winner Iga Swiatek within the third spherical.
Dayana Yastremska savours her victory.Credit score: Eddie Jim
Yastremska’s surge via the ladies’s draw raises the query: will the Australian Open have its equal story to Emma Raducanu, the Brit who got here via qualifying to win the 2021 US Open.
In Raducanu’s case, she was aged 18 three years in the past and didn’t drop a set.
However an Australian Open victory for Yastremska, a extra seasoned participant with three titles and a career-high rating of 21, would nonetheless show exceptional.
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Yastremska was spectacular in eliminating world No.50 Noskova, successful 6-3, 6-4 in a single hour and 18 minutes to open the centre courtroom motion on a shocking summer season day in Melbourne.
The final qualifier to go this deep on the Australian Open was Christine Dorey in 1978.
“It’s good to make historical past,” she stated on courtroom. “[Because] that’s earlier than I used to be born.”