Diana Jastremska continues with her sensational performance at the Australian Open. The Ukrainian defeated Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4 to become only the second woman in the Open era to start from the qualifiers and reach the big four in Melbourne.
The meeting at "Rod Laver Arena" lasted 78 minutes, and Yastremska again showed that she knows how to mobilize in the most important moments and broke the resistance of the teenager Noskova, who in the 1/16-finals removed the leader in the world ranking Iga Shviontek.
The Odessa-born tennis player is the second Ukrainian to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament after Elina Svitolina. Yastremska was also the lowest-ranked of the 8 who qualified for the 1/4-finals in Melbourne.
She started the match more hesitantly and broke for 1-2 after committing three unforced errors in the second game. But then he stabilized his game and managed to make a turnaround. The only break points in the second set were in the seventh game, and Jastremska took advantage of them, which made the difference in the set.
In contention for a place in the final, she will play the winner of the match between Anna Kalinskaya and Chinwen Zheng. /BGNES
