Australian Open: Madison Keys to face Elina Svitolina in quarters
20 Jan 2025

19th seed Madison Keys of the United States has reached the Australian Open quarter-finals for the fourth time in her career.

She clinched a hard-fought win over sixth seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.

The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes, ending with a scoreline of 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in favor of Keys.

This win marks her third head-to-head win against Rybakina out of five.

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Semis pursuit

Keys is now just a win away from reaching her third Australian Open semi-final. She had reached the final four in 2015 and 2022.

Her next opponent will be 28th seed Elina Svitolina, who pulled off a stunning comeback against Veronika Kudermetova in the Rod Laver Arena on Monday.

Keys has a slight edge over Svitolina in their head-to-head record with three wins to two losses.

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Winning streak

Keys is riding on a nine-match winning streak, having recently won the WTA 500 title in Adelaide.

She leads the tour in match wins this year with an incredible 10-1 record.

Her win over Rybakina was her first top 10 win at a Grand Slam since she pulled off back-to-back wins over Jessica Pegula and Marketa Vondrousova to reach the 2023 US Open semi-finals.

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Svitolina's journey

On the other hand, former World No. 3 Svitolina is also making big strides in the tournament.

She has reached her 12th career Grand Slam quarter-final and first at the Australian Open since 2019.

This is Svitolina's fourth Slam quarter-final since returning from maternity leave in 2023.

Despite a tough start against Kudermetova on Monday, she pulled off a victory with a scoreline of 6-4, 6-1.