Madison Keys is back into the Australian Open semifinals for a third time after her 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win Wednesday over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.
Swiatek will face No. 19 Madison Keys of the U.S. on Thursday night for a berth in the final. The other women’s semifinal is No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the two-time defending champion, against her good friend, No. 11 Paula Badosa.
Svitolina, a 30-year-old from Ukraine, also scored a big upset in the tournament, knocking out No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy in the third round after losing the first set. No. 19 Madison Keys defeated No. 28 Elina Svitolina, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Keys is a ...
Madison Keys is back into the Australian Open semifinals for a third time after her 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win Wednesday over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine. The 29-year-old Keys is on a 10-match winning streak after warming up for the year's first major with a title at Adelaide, where she beat fellow American Jessica Pegula in the final.
Iga Swiatek says she has not reached her "peak" yet after she ruthlessly moved past lucky loser Eva Lys in 59 minutes to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
The latest victory was Keys' 12th in 13 matches this year. Keys lost to Denmark's Clara Tauson in the quarterfinals at Auckland, New Zealand, to start the season, then won the title at Adelaide, Australia, beating top-seeded Jessica Pegula of the United States in the final.
Madison Keys is back into the Australian Open semifinals for a third time after her 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win Wednesday over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine. The 29-year-old Keys is on a 10-match winning streak after warming up for the year’s first major with a title at Adelaide,
Ukrainian Elina Svitolina has a perfect record against Russian players since her home country was invaded three years ago.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner has moved into the quarterfinals at the Australian Open after beating Holger Rune during a match slowed down by medical timeouts for each player and a delay because the net got knocked loose.
Keys had to go through the world Nos. 2 and 7 in Melbourne before meeting the Belarusian Sabalenka, who was expected to win her third straight Australian Open. Keys becomes the first player to defeat a No. 1 and No. 2 in a Grand Slam since 2009. 🤯
Madison Keys says she kept telling herself to be brave down the stretch of a tight third set in the Australian Open final against two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka
Madison Keys defeated world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka at the Australian Open on Jan. 25 to clinch her first grand slam title. The American tennis player’s last and only other appearance in a grand slam final was eight years ago.