CNN International Shocking Upset: Is Women’s Tennis A Joke? 40 Year Old Kimiko Date Krumm Upsets Top Ten Player Samantha Stosur In Osaka Quarterfinals!!!
Date Krumm makes history at Japan Open
- 40-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm beats Samantha Stosur in the Japan Open quarterfinals
- Date Krumm is the oldest woman to beat a top-ten ranked player on the WTA Tour
- Second-seed Marion Bartoli is safely through to her third semifinal of the season
(CNN) — Home favorite Kimiko Date Krumm made tennis history on Friday, beating world number eight Samantha Stosur at the Japan Open to become the first 40-something to beat a top-ten ranked player on the women’s tour.
Fresh from beating Maria Sharapova in Tokyo a fortnight ago, the 40-year-old continued her remarkable form with a 5-7 6-3 7-6 victory over the Australian to advance into the semifinals in Osaka.
It was a stunning success for Date Krumm, who recovered from losing the opening set to the number-one seed and defending Japan Open champion to close out the match with her second match point.
The veteran will now face third-seed Shahar Peer in the last four, after she overcame the Czech Republic’s Iveta Benesova 6-2 6-0.
The 23-year-old Israeli looked comfortable against Benesova, wrapping up her straight-sets victory in less than an hour.
Number-two seed Marion Bartoli managed to avoid an upset in her quarterfinal, beating America’s Jill Craybas 6-1 6-2.
It will be the French player’s third semifinal of the season as she fired six aces to set up a last-four clash with Tamarine Tamasugarn.
The Thai player beat fellow unseeded quarterfinalist Chang Kai-Chen 6-3 2-6 6-4 to reach the last four.
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