By Daily Sports on June 7, 2019
American teenager Amanda Anisimova reached the semi-finals of the French Open with a straight-set win over defending champion Simona Halep.
Romanian third seed Halep, 27, lost 6-2 6-4 to the unseeded 17-year-old.
Anisimova had never won a match at Roland Garros before this year but is yet to drop a set on the way to her first Grand Slam semi-final.
The world number 51 will face Australian eighth seed Ashleigh Barty, who beat American Madison Keys 6-3 7-5.
Anisimova is the youngest player to reach a major semi-final since Nicole Vaidisova at the 2007 Australian Open.
“This is honestly more than I could ever have asked for,” she said. “If I didn’t look nervous it’s because I wasn’t.”
As well as winning her solitary Grand Slam title in Paris, former world number one Halep, 27, was runner-up at this tournament in 2017 and 2014.
But her defeat means there are no Grand Slam champions left in the women’s draw.
“I feel sad, because every time when I lose, I’m sad,” said Halep. “And I’m a little bit upset because I couldn’t make my game. I couldn’t move normally.”
Anisimova is one of two teenagers in the last four as Czech 19-year-old Marketa Vondrousova will face Britain’s Johanna Konta in Friday’s other semi-final. (BBC)
•Photo shows Amanda Anisimova
Source Daily Sports
Posted June 7, 2019
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