"It's an amazing feeling" says Danka Kovinic after win over Raducanu

Danka Kovinic produced a brilliant effort to take down Emma Raducanu in Melbourne and after the match, she admitted how much it means to her.

Danka Kovinic has been setting national milestones ever since she became the first player from Montenegro to compete on the WTA Tour in 2013 and sealed another after upsetting No.17 seed Emma Raducanu 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round of the Australian Open.

After the match, she admitted wanting such a result for a very long time:

"It's my first time to be in the third round after so many years and it is, honestly, it is an amazing feeling because I really wanted this for so long. And I'm so glad that I can be the first Montenegrin ever to make it to this round."

She also admitted to being very proud of all of her achievements considering she has been the first player from Montenegro to do a lot of things:

"In general, I'm very proud to be here and to represent Montenegro as the only player in WTA or ATP on tour. So I'm making these results and making history in tennis for Montenegro. It's a huge thing for me, and hopefully there will be many more kids, boys and girls, following my path in the future, which I really hope, and I will try to help them out to reach my level and to be even better than I am today."

On the challenge of facing Raducanu she said:

"So I knew some basic things about her, which my coach told me, and which I was trying to put in the court. The problem was in the second set when she started to change her game a little bit. Then I got confused - what's going on, if she can play or she cannot play or what's wrong with her forehand. Then once again when I started just to think about myself and to be focused on my own game, then I found composure again on the court, and the things got better."