The dream run continues for Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in Melbourne, as the 34-year-old veteran upset No. 5-seed Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 on Wednesday at the Australian Open. The win put World No. 79 Lucic-Baroni in her first semifinal at a Grand Slam tournament since Wimbledon in 1999. She awaits the winner of the later quarterfinal between Serena Williams and Johanna Konta.
Interested to know more about the Australian Open semifinalist Lucic-Baroni? Learn more about her incredible story below.
She last reached a Grand Slam semifinal in 1999
Before this week in Melbourne, Lucic-Baroni’s career-best performance at a major came in 1999 at Wimbledon at the age of 17.