In the just-concluded 2024 Australian Open women's singles semifinals, Zheng Qinwen from China's Jinhua defeated Ukrainian qualifier Yastremska 2:0.
Exactly 10 years later, China has once again reached the final of a Grand Slam, and in 2014 China's Li Na reached the final of the Australian Open and won her second Grand Slam.
The 2024 Australian Open women's singles semifinals are in full swing, and the outstanding performance of Chinese teenager Zheng Qinwen has attracted great attention from our countrymen, and the opponent in this semi-final is Ukraine's Yastremska.
Zheng Qinwen, born on October 8, 2002 in Shiyan City, Hubei Province, is not yet 22 years old, and Li Na is a native of Hubei.
Zheng Qinwen, the former world No. 13 at the Australian Open, is also the No. 12 seed at the Australian Open, and his semi-final opponent Yastremska is a player who came up from the qualifying round, and was previously ranked 93rd in the world.
Prior to the Australian Open, Zheng's best Grand Slam record was the quarterfinals at last year's US Open. The previous best result at the Australian Open was reaching the second round. There was a major breakthrough at this Australian Open, and now it has reached the semi-finals.
In the real-time world rankings, Zheng Qinwen's world ranking is already in the top 10 in the world, second only to Li Na, who has achieved world No. 2 in the history of Chinese tennis.
In the other semi-final, defending champion Sabalenka also beat Gauff 2-0.
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