'It's a dream come true for me. I've always dreamed about this. Of course, I believed in myself.'
"I'm not shocked," Kenin said after her semifinal win Thursday."It's a dream come true for me. I've always dreamed about this. Of course, I believed in myself."
Sofia Kenin celebrates after beating Australia's Ashleigh Barty during their women's singles semi-final match on day eleven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 30, 2020. Sofia Kenin celebrates after beating Australia's Ashleigh Barty during their women's singles semi-final match on day eleven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 30, 2020.Kenin made it to the final after a 7-5, 7-6 win against Ashleigh Barty, the reigning French Open champion and world No. 1 who was vying to become the first Australian to win the Australian Open singles title in more than four decades."I was playing, I knew I was in the semifinal.
She was born in Moscow, Russia, and moved to the U.S. as an infant. Her family settled in Pembroke Pines, Florida, where Kenin was homeschooled, according to herKenin's father, Alexander, who remains her coach to this day, started teaching her tennis at age 5, and she was on a magazine cover by age 6,Kenin shared a video on Instagram last year of her being interviewed at age 7 about her ability to take on Andy Roddick.
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