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It's the first time in thirty years an Australian woman has reached the final of a tennis grand slam tournament.

Stosur has beaten some of the biggest names in the game – including Justine Henin and Serena Williams – so far this tournament.

And Jankovic believes she can go all the way.

"She is a very good chance, she is playing very, very well and I think she will do it," she says.

In the other semi-final, fancied Russian, Elena Dementieva, conceded the match to Italy's Francesca Schiavone shortly after tearing a calf muscle in the first set's tie-breaker.

It's the first time either Stosur or Schiavone has made it to the final of a major tournament.

The last Australian woman in a final of a grand slam tournament was Evonne Goolagong Cawley, who won Wimbledon in 1980.

The last Australian woman to win in Paris is Margaret Court in 1973.