CNN —Zheng Qinwen became just the fourth Chinese woman to reach the semifinal of a grand slam after coming from behind to defeat Anna Kalinskaya at the Australian Open.
Against Yastremska, the 21-year-old will join Zheng Jie, Li Na and Peng Shuai in the list of Chinese women to reach a grand slam semifinal.
Of those, only Li has ever won a major: the French Open in 2011 and the Australian Open in 2014.
According to Opta, Zheng is also the fourth Asian player in the Open Era to reach the final four of a grand slam before turning 22.
Prior to this year’s Australian Open, she had made one previous appearance in the quarterfinals of a grand slam at last year’s US Open.
Persons:
Zheng Qinwen, Anna Kalinskaya, Zheng, Dayana Yastremska, ”, “, – I’m, ” Zheng, Kalinskaya, Cameron Spencer, Zheng Jie, Li Na, Peng Shuai, Li, Opta
Organizations:
CNN
Locations:
Russian