Madison Keys shocks Barbora Krejcikova 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Melbourne on Tuesday after playing a good match to deal with Ashleigh Barty in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
Madison added to her prize money $ 500,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 1,100,000 up to now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Madison will add $ 1,100,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 2,200,000.
Highlights Madison Keys vs. Barbora Krejcikova Australian Open – Melbourne
Keys’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:25
At the end of the match, Madison scored 76 points vs. Krejcikova’s 55.
Keys
Keys served very well to win 77% of the points (36/47) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 33% points (6/18) on her second serve. Keys fired 11 aces and she committed 1 double fault. Keys won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Krejcikova
On the other side, Barbora was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Keys and Krejcikova is 1-0 for Madison.
Draw and next match H2H: Madison Keys vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats
Keys will play Barty in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Madison Keys and Ashleigh Barty face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Barty (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Barty won 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Paris back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Madison conquered in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
The American converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Krejcikova was unable to convert any of her 6 break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 77 points. Madison won 9 points more than the Czech (43-34). Madison conceded 14 points on serve (27-14). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Keys came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Barbora Krejcikova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Madison to win the set as Barbora succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game. The American maintained her cool to break Barbora in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Madison converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Barbora converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 54 points. Keys was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Barbora (33-21). Keys lost 9 points on serve (15-9). In addition, on the other side, Krejcikova conceded 18 points on serve (12-18).
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