by Madison Keys was on the strings, but joined Wednesday to qualify for the semi-finals of Australian Open.
N ° 28 Elina Svitolina first struck the Keys of 12th seeded, but Keys obtained a victory of 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first final match of the day at Rod Laver Arena. Keys’ victory follows the quarter -finals of the third head of Coco Gauff, which was turned upside down by the Spanish seed of Paula Badosa.
Next for Keys is the seeded n ° 2 IGA Swiatek, who crossed the seeded n ° 8 Emma Navarro in the quarter-final of other women on Wednesday to spoil a chance in an American semi-final. Swiatek broke Navarro on the match opening service, giving the tone to a dominant victory 6-1, 6-2.
Keys Rallyes, settles after unl in forced errors
Keys and Svitolina played even earlier, because each player was on the road to a 4-3 lead for Svitolina. But the uncant-up errors finally caught up with the keys while Svitolina scored the first break from the match to take a 5-3 lead. Svitolina then served for the set and held a 6-3 victory.
Keys made 15 uncomposed mistakes in the opening set, only four for Svitolina. But Keys regained his composure in the second set to even increase the match.
Keys first faced a chance to take control in the second set with three break points in the fourth game in the set. But Svitolina fought to win the match and thwart Keys’ best effort to this point to shoot the match in his favor.
But the keys have capitalized on the next Svitolina service. She had two breaking points and sent a forehand on the right line that Svitolina could not reach in time to mark her first break from the match and take a 4-2 advance in the second set. She held a service from there for a 6-3 victory to send the match to a third decisive set.
There, Keys struck the first with a break from Svitolina to take a 3-2 lead. Svitolina did not return the break and the keys kept to secure the match in service.
Keys, 29, is advancing in the semi-finals in search of his first Grand Chelem title and his second appearance in the final after a 2017 defeat against Sloane Stephens in the 2017 American finals. It is the third time that she has progressed beyond the quarter-finals of Melbourne.
