BEIJING: Zheng Jie's extraordinary journey to the semi-finals to become the first Chinese to reach the last four of a Grand Slam singles was hailed by local media yesterday.
Ranked 133rd in the world and only in the draw at the All England Club as a wild card, Zheng beat top seed Ana Ivanovic in the third round, 15th seed Agnes Szavay in the fourth and on Tuesday downed 18th seed Nicole Vaidisova in the quarter-finals.
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