Zheng Jie will donate all her winnings from this year's Wimbledon to victims of the Sichuan earthquake, she revealed after reaching the semi-finals on Tuesday.
The Chinese wildcard sealed a date with former champion Serena Williams on Thursday courtesy of a 6-2 5-7 6-1 victory over 18th seed Nicole Vaidisova.
Zheng became the first Chinese player ever to reach the semi-final of a Grand Slam tournament, as well as the first female wildcard to reach the final four.
But questions in the post-match press conference centred as much on the destination of her winnings as the tennis itself.
Zheng was born in Sichuan, the province where around 70,000 people died as a result of last month's earthquake.
She will not be allowed to donate all her prize money because a portion will go to the Chinese government, but she confirmed she will give her share of the pot to help victims of the quake.
"I would like to give the all prize money but cannot, you know," she said. "I need give back to something like the tennis association."
"Of course I will donate all my portion. Apart from that, I will do as much as I can to help the Sichuan region people because I'm from Sichuan province, as well."
"After going back after the Wimbledon, I will do more charity work and encourage more people to come to support the stricken region and hope people from Sichuan will have their new homes as soon as possible."
Zheng, who also donated the winnings from her run to the third round of the French Open, has proved a fine ambassador for China both on and off the court at the All England Club.
Having already seen off three seeds, including world number one Ana Ivanovic, she had few problems disposing of an out-of-sorts Vaidisova.
She broke twice in the first set and, although her Czech opponent hit back by taking the second, was dominant in the third and served out to book her meeting with Serena Williams.
And while the world No.133 was hopeful she could pull off another upset against the sixth seed, she knew she had a tough task ahead of her.
"Serena is two times a winner of Wimbledon and a very prominent player in the grass court," said Zheng, who will celebrate her 25th birthday on Saturday, the day of the women's final.
"For me, it's only the first time in a semi-final and in 2004, in the first round, I lost to Serena when she was defending champion."
"Of course I hope I can have better achievements when I play her and of course I also wish to win."
"But for now I just want to keep my hopes as simple as possible."
Vaidisova, who had beaten Zheng in their previous two meetings, conceded the better player on the day had won.