was the absolute favorite in the duel with. The Czech woman reached the quarter-finals for the first time in her career, eliminating in turn Andrea Petković, Xiyu Wang, Jelena Ostapenko and Wiktoria Azarenka. On the other hand, her opponent from the United States dealt with Sofia Kenin, Jaqueline Cristian, Qiang Wang and Paula Badosa.
In the first set, which lasted over 50 minutes, both players won their passes to 2: 3. In the next game, Keys, she broke the Czech woman, thanks to which she did not give up this advantage until the end of the game. Ultimately, the American won the set 6: 3, using the first set ball.
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In the second batch, the quality difference in favor of the Maidson Keys was even more pronounced. The American quickly took the lead 3-0, breaking Krejcikova twice. Later Keys lost two games in a row, but that was all she could do. Leading the Keys 3: 2, the US representative won three more games and won the set 6: 2, and the whole match 2: 0.
A strong advantage of Keys in the whole match were service aces, which she recorded as many as eleven. Krejcikova, on the other hand, had only two such games to her credit.
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In total, the meeting lasted almost an hour and a half. Krejcikova has not done very well on the courts in Melbourne so far as she was furthest in the second round. This time, she ended her performance only in the quarter-finals.
Madison Keys, on the other hand, equaled her career best with the Grand Slam in Australia, reaching the semi-finals. The American’s greatest success so far is the US Open final in 2017. Keys may even improve it if she wins the AO semi-finals and finals. In the next match of the Australian event, the American will play with the winner of the match between number one in the world ranking and 21 in the ranking American Jessica Pegula.
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