“Elina lost in three games to Madison Keys in the quarterfinals of the Australian major”, — write: sport.ua
In the quarterfinals, the Ukrainian lost to the 14th ranked player in the world in three sets Madison Keys from the USA.
Australian Open 2025. 1/4 finals
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) [28] – Madison Keys [19] – 6:3, 3:6, 4:6
This was the sixth meeting of the rivals. The score was 4:2 in favor of the American woman.
In the semi-finals of the Australian major, Keys will play against the winner of the confrontation between Emma Navarro (USA, WTA 8) and Iga Swiontek (Poland, WTA 2).
Svitolina made her 12th quarterfinal at the Grand Slam tournament level and 3rd on the Melbourne courts. The Ukrainian champion fought for her fourth major quarterfinal and her first in Australia.
Keys reached her 7th Slam semifinal, including her third at the Australian Open. Her best major result is the 2017 US Open final.
At AO-2025, Elina managed to beat Sorana Kirstya, Caroline Dolehide, Jasmin Paolini and Veronika Kudermetova. In addition to Elina, Madison passed Ann Lee, Yelena-Gabriela Ruse, Danielle Collins and Yelena Rybakina.
Despite the defeat, Elina can only be thanked for such a worthy performance at the Australian Open!