Iga Swiatek and Madison Keys both secured their places in the Australian Open semifinals. Swiatek defeated Emma Navarro in straight sets, extending her dominance in the tournament. Keys, on the other hand, fought back from a set down to overcome Elina Svitolina. Meanwhile, Ben Shelton reached his first Australian Open semi-final by defeating Lorenzo Sonego in a thrilling match.
IMPERIOUS IGA SWIATEK swept into an Australian Open semi-final against Madison Keys on Wednesday while Jannik Sinner’s powers of recovery will be tested to the limit when he faces home hope Alex de Minaur.
The 19th seed moved into the last four at Melbourne Park for the third time, 10 years after her first. Should Swiatek and Sabalenka meet in the final, the winner would leave Australia with the number one crown to go with the Melbourne honours. In a battle on Rod Laver Arena dominated by serve, Shelton had the edge over his unseeded Italian opponent for the first two sets.The world number 55 refused to lie down however and took the third, before Shelton reasserted himself to win an attritional fourth set on a tiebreak.
Both players benefited from a quarter of the draw that was left wide open — after the early exits of top-10 seeds Taylor Fritz, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev — to reach the last eight. It brought a huge smile and congratulatory fist bump from the American as Sonego milked the ovation from a packed Rod Laver Arena.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS IWIGA SWIATEK MADISON KEYS BEN SHELTON LORENZO SONEGO
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