2019 French Open Women's Singles QF's - American Amanda Anisimova beat defending champion Simona Halep(Romania)

 

American Amanda Anisimova reached the French Open semifinals after knocking out defending champion and world No. 3 Halep 6-2 6-4 in Paris in one hour, eight minutes

 

 

 

With the win, Anisimova is the youngest American woman to make a major semifinal since Venus Williams was runner-up at the 1997 US Open and is the youngest American woman in the semis at Roland Garros since Jennifer Capriati in 1990.

 

Anisimova was born in New Jersey on August 31, 2001, less than two weeks before the September 11 terror attacks. Her parents, Olga and Konstantin, had moved to the US from Moscow in 1998 with their oldest daughter, Maria. 

 

Coached by her father, the family moved to Florida, a tennis hotbed, when Anisimova was three. She speaks both Russian and English.

 

In 2018, Anisimova made her breakthrough, which included a stunning win over Petra Kvitova at Indian Wells to reach the round of 16 in that tournament.