MOSCOW, Jan 25 American tennis player Madison Keys advances to Australian Open semi-finals , which takes place in Melbourne. In the meeting of the 1/4 finals, the American defeated the representative of the Czech Republic Barbora Kreychikova, who received the fourth seed, with a score of 6:3, 6:2. The duration of the match was 1 hour 25 minutes. In the next round of the Australian Open, Keys will play the winner of the meeting Ashleigh Barty (Australia, 1) — Jessica Pegula (USA, 21), which will be held later on Tuesday. 26-year-old Keys is ranked 51st in WTA ranking. She repeated the best result in her career at the Australian Open (before reaching the semi-finals in 2015). The highest achievement in the Grand Slam tournaments is the final of the US Open — 2017. The Australian Open with a prize fund of $ 54 million is held on the «hard» surface and will end on January 30th. The winner of the 2021 tournament was Naomi Osaka of Japan, who lost in the current competition in the third round.
