Lulu Sun becomes first Kiwi woman to reach Wimbledon singles quarter-finals

Lulu Sun, you won on Centre Court, and now you deserve centre stage - above Scott 'Razor' Robertson and his All Blacks.

There's an interesting point for debate: is Razor bigger than the All Blacks? We'll leave that for later, because that is a big topic worthy of its own time frame, above the NZ Warriors who kissed, or drop kicked, another one away over there in Bulldogs territory.

Above all else, if you have ever loved the story of Lydia Ko, you've got to love Lulu Sun.

This is another great story of a young lady who has adopted us, New Zealand - and we should adopt her.

Not since 1983, when Chris Lewis performed displays of wonder, has the Kiwi flag threatened the serious end of the singles during this famous fortnight on grass in London's SW19.

Te Anau, in the deep south of New Zealand, can claim many a natural wonder, and rightly so, it's a stunning part of the world. And now, they can boast Lulu Sun.

I mean on the globe there's not many places further from Wimbledon's center court, unless Stewart Island Tennis Club has as a little superstar in the making.

Lulu Sun is the first New Zealand woman to ever make it to the Wimbledon quarter-finals, she did so by beating Emma Raducanu 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, and will now face World No. 37 Donna Vekić.

To the 15,000 people who paid their pounds with the expectation of watching Sun's opponent advance, take that! Raducanu is Britain's darling, Sun is quickly becoming New Zealand's with this run of form that started with the qualifiers.

Surely, Rebel Sport's buying department are ordering tennis rackets by the ton in expectation of a boom, a Lulu Sun boom! It's such a catchy name and such an astonishing performance so far.

Tennis New Zealand has had a largely empty train going round for such a long time. I think it might be about time to jump on board, folks.

And by the way, Michael Venus and Erin Routliffe are still going round in the doubles as the finals approach. Tennis is finally having it's turn in the limelight!

Listen to Ian Smith's interview with Stuff senior sports reporter David long from Wimbledon below: