Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina said entering the Australian Open semi-finals ‘means the world to me’ after stunning USA’s two-time Grand Slam winner Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-2 here on Tuesday.

The 12th-ranked 31-year-old dispatched her opponent in 59 minutes, and is on a twelve-match winning streak after her triumph at Auckland earlier this month. She will now break into the Top 10 having qualified for the last four.