China's Zheng Jie makes history by advancing to semis

China's Zheng Jie makes history by advancing to semis

China's Zheng Jie made history in Melbourne. She moved into the last four of the grand slam down under on Tuesday.

Zheng Jie of China reacts during her match against Russia's  Maria Kirilenko at the Australian Open tennis tournament in  Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday January 26, 2010. [Photo:  sports.sina.com.cn]

Zheng went up against Maria Kirilenko in the quarterfinal round. The 26-year old Chinese has only lost to Kirilenko once in five meetings, and took the first set with ease. Zheng's movement and flexible style helped her sweep to a 6-1 first set win. The Russian player put up a battle in the second set, but Zheng won it 6-3 and advanced to the Australian Open semifinals. She is the first Chinese player to make the last four of a tennis grand slam.