Unbelievable: Former Israeli Aslan Kratzb in the semi-finals of the Australian Championship Israel today

The 27-year-old Russian, ranked 114th in the world, who grew up at the Jaffa Tennis Center, became the first tennis player to qualify for the semifinals in his first Grand Slam appearance thanks to a sensational 6: 2, 4: 6, 1: 6, 2: 6 over Grigor Dimitrov (21 in the world ) • Will wait for the winner in the battle between Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zebrav

• Aslan Kratzb is celebrating a semi-final in Melbourne.

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Former Israeli Aslan Kratzb continued his magical journey in Melbourne this morning (Tuesday), qualifying for the Australian Championship semi-finals after a great victory over the world number 21, Gregor Dimitrov 6: 2, 4: 6, 1: 6, 2: 6.

Believe it or not, Kratzb will meet the winner of the Big Four in the battle between Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zebrav.

Not many gave a chance for a splash before the game, but the 27-year-old Russian shattered all expectations, becoming the fifth in history to manage to qualify for the semi-finals of the Grand Slam tournament to which he advanced from the qualifiers.

So after the victories over Diego Schwartzman and the impressive comeback against Felix Uzza Eliasim, the 114th ranked Russian in the world was not thrilled by the size of the class and although he lost the first set he managed to create today's sensation in the quarterfinals and on his way to becoming the first tennis player to qualify for his first Grand Slam.

For those who do not yet know

: Aslan Kretzb was the best actor in Israel at the age of children.

He rose at the age of 4, grew up in the tennis center in Jaffa until the age of 12 and was marked as the heir of Dudi Sela.

But then the Tennis Association and the tennis centers did what they do best and made another talent slip through the fingers and the talented boy left the country with his father while his sister and mother stayed here.

He moved to represent Russia, and at the age of 27 experienced a breakthrough in a career that brought him to 111th place in the world.

In the women,

Naomi Osaka managed to get through the quarterfinals with a 2: 6, 2: 6 victory over Su Wei HaSiya from Taiwan.