Dayana Yastremska didn’t really feel too dejected by her semifinal defeat on the Australian Open as she is aware of her run would have boosted her rankings in order that she will be able to get direct entry into tournaments quite than enjoying within the qualifiers.
The Ukrainian grew to become the primary ladies’s qualifier to achieve the Australian Open semifinals since 1978 after she started the event ranked 93rd on this planet, and is projected to maneuver as much as twenty eighth when the brand new rankings are launched on Monday regardless of her 6-4, 6-4 loss to China’s Zheng Qinwen on Thursday.
The 23-year-old had been ranked a profession excessive twenty first on this planet earlier than her profession was derailed by a provisional doping ban in 2021, which was later lifted after an impartial tribunal accepted that her optimistic check was the results of contamination.
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“I feel it was a pleasant, I’ll say, comeback for me to get into the highest 30, as a result of for years I couldn’t get again to prime 50 or 60 even,” Yastremska mentioned.
“So it’s a pleasant bonus, as a result of now I can lastly play the primary draw on the Grand Slams, which provides me actually precedence to really feel a bit extra contemporary.”
Since her return after the provisional ban, Yastremska had fallen both in qualifying or within the first spherical at 9 successive Grand Slams, however her improved rating will now assist her future schedule.
“The rating truly performs a really huge position, as a result of the final 4 years I didn’t know my schedule, I didn’t know the place I’ll get in, the place I’m not going to get in,” Yastremska mentioned.
“I needed to play week after week. I can say I used to be dwelling on the tournaments. Now, for instance, I do know the place I can play, the place I can relaxation, and it’s extra comfy to reside like that when you recognize for some time your schedule.”
Yastremska’s wonderful run was dropped at an finish by Zheng however the Ukrainian gained a number of confidence throughout her keep in Melbourne which included defeating two Grand Slam winners, Marketa Vondrousova and Victoria Azarenka.
“I’m glad about it. I’m not unhappy concerning the loss however I nonetheless assume it was an amazing event for me,” Yastremska mentioned.
“Often in Grand Slams you get seven matches to play, and I’ve performed 9 matches, so I’m very happy with myself.
“I’m not going to look an excessive amount of ahead however I really feel like I can, at some point I can win a Grand Slam.”