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Wimbledon 2008
July 1, 2008
Jie Zheng of China celebrates winning her quarter-final against Nicole Vaidisova of Czech Republic 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 on Tuesday.
The Chinese, a former world number 27 who came into the tournament ranked 133 after injuries, is the first women's wildcard to reach the semi-finals.
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Zheng repaid the organisers gift of a wildcard into the tournament by knocking out world number one Ana Ivanovic in round three and claimed her fourth seed of the championships with a calm and controlled defeat of Vaidisova.
She appeared to be tiring in the second set as Vaidisova became more aggressive but was the more resilient player in the decider and raced to victory.
Former Wimbledon doubles champion Zheng, who missed the 2007 season with an ankle injury, turns 25 on women's finals day but with Serena Williams in a mean mood she is unlikely to be celebrating it on Centre Court.
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