Melbourne Jan 23 (IANS) Belgian woman tennis player Elise Mertens on Tuesday stunned fourth seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4 6-0 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals.
The 22-year-old took just one hour and 13 minutes to keep her dream alive at her maiden Australian Open the season s first Grand Slam event reports Efe.
"I have no words I don t know what to say " Mertens said. "I have so many mixed emotions. I gave it all today I fought. I got a little stress at the end so I played my game and it went well today."
Mertens hit 26 winners and broke Svitolina s serve five times out of nine on her way to the convincing straight sets victory.
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