CHINA’S top-ranked tennis player 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 on Wednesday.

The victory will also move Zheng inside the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time in her career and sets up a meeting with Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska.

“The match was really tough for me and I just told myself: Stay focused, don’t think any more about the first set,” Zheng said in her on-court interview.

“I’m so happy right now, really excited. It’s the first time for me — I’m really happy to be in the semifinals, especially with such a good performance like this.”

Zheng ended the match with 10 aces and 42 winners and converted 11 of her 12 points at the net. 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.

Zheng Qinwen is also the fourth Asian player in the Open Era to reach the final four of a Grand Slam before turning 22. “The feeling is just — I can’t explain by words right now because there were so many inside,” Zheng told reporters. (SD-Agencies)