Keys, the No. 19 seed and a two-time semifinalist at Melbourne Park, had won the first set. But Rybakina, who like Keys is a precise winner machine when she is playing the tennis she wants to play, had taken the second by seizing the initiative and playing on her front foot. Halfway to the finish, Keys had become a passive counterpuncher.

Madison Keys is back into the Australian Open semifinals for a third time after her 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win Wednesday over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.

Iga Swiatek is dominating her Australian Open opponents the way no one has at Melbourne Park since Maria Sharapova in 2013. Swiatek's latest lopsided win came via a 6-1, 6-2 scoreline in the quarterfinals against No.

Madison Keys is back into the Australian Open semifinals for a third time after her 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win Wednesday over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine. The 29-year-old Keys is on a 10-match winning streak after warming up for the year's first major with a title at Adelaide, where she beat fellow American Jessica Pegula in the final.

MELBOURNE: Madison Keys stormed back from a set down to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open Wednesday, beating Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Andy Schooler previews the women's semi-final action at the Australian Open on Thursday, including Madison Keys v Iga Swiatek.

Keys raised her game, though, breaking Svitolina in both the final sets while staying rock-solid on serve. Shelton, the 21st seed, is the last American in the men's singles draw, having carried on after the third round demise of US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz and the quarterfinal exit of 12th seed Tommy Paul.

Iga Swiatek’s latest lopsided win at the Australian Open came via a 6-1, 6-2 score in the quarterfinals against No. 8 seed Emma Navarro on Wednesday. The No. 2-seeded Swiatek not only has not dropped a set so far in the tournament,