Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - 23/1/17 Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni celebrates winning her Women's singles fourth round match against Jennifer Brady of the U.S. .REUTERS/Edgar Su
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Mirjana Lucic-Baroni could barely contain her joy after continuing her remarkable run at the Australian Open to reach her first grand slam quarter-final since the 1999 Wimbledon championships on Monday.
The 34-year-old, who won the Australian Open doubles with Martina Hingis in 1998 at the age of 15, bounced up and down with fists clenched in triumph after dispatching American Jennifer Brady 6-4 6-2 in little over an hour.
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