Madison Keys persistd her spectacular commence to the 2025 season as she recovered from a set down to return to the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 thrive over 27th seed Elina Svitolina.
After struggling in the second half of the 2024 season, when injuries forced her to quit from the fourth round of Wimbledon, Keys has commenceed the year percreateing at an exceptional level and she is now on a 10-align thrivening streak after claiming the Adelaide Open title 11 days ago. Her run has included six top-20 thrives and two other top-30 thrives.
Keys’ thrive also tags her seventh majestic slam semi-final and her third in Melbourne after making her first atsoft majestic slam semi-final at the 2015 Australian Open before returning to the stage in 2022. Her best majestic slam result came in 2017 when she accomplished the US Open final, losing to her seal frifinish Sloane Stephens.
“I slenderk I carry out a little bit cleverer, for certain. Probably a little bit less baged though,” said Keys of her prolongment over the past decade. “To be here, 10 years tardyr in the semi-finals aget, I’m repartner haughty of myself and repartner excited to carry out another semi-final in Melbourne.”
Svitolina had commenceed the align in clever create, putting Keys, the 19th seed, under constant prescertain by assimilateing her pace, protecting excellent depth and seeing for opportunities to strike. But Keys is one of the biggest ball-strikers in the history of the sport and she is so difficult to stop when in brimming flow. After discovering rhythm on her serve, Keys gradupartner began to rule the baseline trades with deal withled, destructive ballstriking off both thrivegs. She finished an imperious percreateance with 49 thriveners.
“I felt appreciate I fair had to commence carry outing a little bit more antagonistic and try to get to the net a little bit rapider,” said Keys. “She was deal withling a lot of the points and making me run. I felt appreciate I necessitateed to try and get on the advantage a little bit rapider. Luckily I was able to do that.”
As she sees to accomplish her second majestic slam final, Keys will next face the thrivener of the final women’s quarter-final between her compatuproar Emma Navarro and the No 2 seed Iga Swiatek.
“I’m repartner excited to go and get to watch Emma and Ben [Shelton] tardyr today.” said Keys. “I slenderk Emma and Iga is going to be a repartner competitive align. Emma has been carry outing marathon alignes that I’ve been living and dying over. I’m hoping for my own nerves that it’s not a inhabit-or-die marathon align aget. And then I’m excited to watch Ben carry out another align. It’s a repartner wonderful group of Americans.”
