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Posted: 2019-06-06T15:12:11Z | Updated: 2019-06-06T15:23:22Z

Her name is Amanda Anisimova.

If casual tennis fans didnt know it before, theyll know it now, after the 17-year-old American stunned defending champ Simona Halep at the French Open quarterfinals on Thursday.

Anisimova became the youngest U.S. woman to advance to the semifinal of a Grand Slam since Venus Williams at the 1997 U.S. Open, the New York Post noted. Anisimova whipped a backhand winner to end the match and blew kisses to the crowd.

Her convincing 6-2, 6-4 victory left her stunned.

I cant believe it, she said, per Tennis.com . Ive been working so hard, I didnt think itd pay off like this. Its more than anything I could have asked for.

Tennis Channel announcer Ted Robinson proclaimed, A star is born, according to the Post. The tournaments Twitter account dubbed her Teen Queen.

Anisimova is ranked 51st in the world and Halep is No. 3 . So, yep, thats an upset. Yet Anisimova has yet to lose a set in Paris, Tennis.com reported.

She was born in New Jersey and moved to Miami at age 3, according to her WTA bio . Her dad Konstantin, who emigrated from Russia in 1998, has been her coach.

Anisimova will play oppose eighth-seeded Ashleigh Barty in a semifinal on Friday.

Go get em, Teen Queen.