Dayana Yastremska says it’s “nice to make history” after beating Linda Noskova to turn into the primary qualifier since 1978 to achieve the Australian Open semi-finals.

Ukraine’s Yastremska breezed previous the Czech teenager 6-3 6-4.

Ranked 93rd on this planet, she has received eight matches in a row in Melbourne.

“It’s something new for me and for my generation because the last time it happened was a long time ago,” Yastremska mentioned.

She will face both Chinese twelfth seed Zheng Qinwen or Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya for a spot in Saturday’s showpiece.

Yastremska, 23, is the second qualifier within the Open period to achieve the Melbourne Park final 4 after Christine Dorey within the 1978 event.

“I think it’s nice to make history because at that time I wasn’t born,” Yastremska mentioned.

“I was a little bit nervous, but at the same time tired. I think I was a little bit too emotional.

“Today earlier than my match I acquired indignant on the apply of my coach. But that is tremendous, as a result of I may put my feelings away.”

Yastremska is two wins away from emulating Emma Raducanu, who became the only qualifier in history to win a major title with her 2021 US Open triumph.

She was a highly-rated prospect as a youngster, having risen to contained in the world’s prime 25 as a 19-year-old earlier than being given a provisional ban for a failed doping check in January 2021.

Yastremska denied any wrongdoing and the suspension was lifted after six months, with an independent tribunal accepting her positive test was the result of contamination.

She has beaten Grand Slam champions Marketa Vondrousova and Victoria Azarenka on her way to the last four.

Having needed three sets to come through her three qualifying matches, Yastremska has dropped just one set in her five main-draw encounters.

After her win she wrote a message of support for Ukrainian fighters on the camera lens, amid the ongoing invasion of the country by Russia.

“I’ve a dream since I’m a toddler and that is what was shifting me ahead it doesn’t matter what occurs,” she mentioned.

“I had quite a lot of tough conditions and I do not wish to speak about it proper now. Maybe another time I can clarify it and the story will sound utterly otherwise.

“But for now I can say is that I just, I don’t know, I relaxed and I try to enjoy what I’m doing.”