Before arriving in Melbourne the Chinese qualifier had never won a match at a grand slam tournament but now,with a lucky locker, she is on the threshold of a semi-finalTwo summers ago there were only 29 women in the world better at tennis than Zhang Shuai, and the Chinese qualifier who will face Britain’s Johanna Konta in the final eight of the Australian Open. Zhang reached her career-high ranking on 7 July 2014,shortly after a tenacious hurry to the final four on the grass courts of Edgbaston. It was her third semi-final that year and it came barely a month after she had made the quarter-finals in Rome. Life was respectable. Related: Johanna Konta writes new chapter in tennis history at Australian Open Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com