Elina Svitolina continues her great start to the season and has been through to the Australian Open quarterfinal, while Elena Rybakina suffered a round-of-16 loss. On Monday, the Ukrainian ousted world No.
No. 19 seed American Madison Keys moved into the Australian Open quarterfinals for the fourth time in her career by ousting No. 6 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan on Monday.
Madison Keys won a power-hitting battle with Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open Round of 16 on Monday. In the quarterfinals, she will face Elina Svitolina, who came back from a double-break down in the first set to roll past Veronika Kudermetova.
Elina Svitolina beats fourth seed Jasmine Paolini hours after her husband Gael Monfils beat men's fourth seed Taylor Fritz to reach the Australian Open fourth round.
The No. 6 seed missed multiple break points to seize the advantage in the third set and Keys profited to move into the quarterfinals.
Madison Keys upset Elena Rybakina 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals, 10 years after her run to the AO semifinals. Photo credit: Quinn Rooney/Getty Declarative strikes gave Elena Rybakina the final word in second-set rallies.
American Madison Keys first made the Australian Open semifinals 10 years ago. A decade on, she hopes to do it again, but she'll have to go through Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.
World No.1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek, Elina Svitolina, Elena Rybakina and other big players will be in action on Day 9 of the hard court major at the Melbourne Park.
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has a perfect record against Russian players since her home country was invaded three years ago.
Elena Rybakina, the sixth seed at Melbourne Park, had looked in fine form in the early rounds, but came into Monday's clash with Madison Keys at Margaret Court Arena carrying a back issue
She will next play Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, who beat Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 6-1 earlier on Jan 20. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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