“I’m still shaking,” said Chris Evert, the seven-time French Open singles champion. “For a 17-year-old to play that well was pretty awesome.”Evert was a teen phenom herself, reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal at age 16 at the United States Open with her avant-garde two-handed backhand. “I knew if I wanted to win today I had to do something different, because it’s not an easy match to win,” Anisimova said. She was the United States Open junior champion and a finalist at the French Open junior event. But she reminded the tennis world of her potential at this year’s Australian Open, becoming the youngest woman to reach the fourth round in 13 years.

Source: New York Times June 06, 2019 11:40 UTC