Poland's Magda Linette had never been past the third round of a major when she arrived for this year's Australian Open. Now, she's in the semifinals.
abc.net.au/news/australian-open-magda-linette-karolina-pliskova-quarterfinals/101891244Unseeded Pole Magda Linette has continued her dream run at the Australian Open, upsetting former world number one Karolína Plíšková to claim a semifinal berth.She defeated Plíšková 6-3, 7-5 in the last eightLinette, 30, made the crucial break in the 11th game of the second set and held her nerve to serve out the match, winning 6-3 ,7-5 in one hour and 27 minutes.
"I don't want to get too excited because we're still in the tournament but I'm super grateful and happy." "All through my life, I've been taking mistakes and losses very personally, so I had to disconnect those two things," she said.
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