MADISON KEYS INTO SF OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015. VENUS OUT.

Teenager Madison Keys overcomes injury to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal and finally end veteran Venus Williams’ Australian Open 2015, winning 6-3 4-6 6-4.

Madison Keys fought back from injury and a break down in the final set to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal, ending Venus Williams’ semi-charmed run at the Australian Open with a hard-fought 6-3 4-6 6-4 victory. The 19-year-old was dictating play against Williams, the oldest Grand Slam quarterfinalist since Chris Evert at the 1989 US Open at the age of 34, before a recurrence of the left thigh injury suffered at Wimbledon 2014 hampered her movement and serve midway through the second set. 
 Williams looked set to take full advantage of her opponent’s condition but Keys rallied from 3-1 down in the final set with a display as impressive for her guts as her game. She clinched victory with her seventh break of the match in one hour, 54 minutes, setting up a semifinal showdown with world No.1 Serena Williams, her third successive all-American showdown in Melbourne. 
 “The moment is definitely sweeter being able to play Venus,” said Keys, who got into the sport after admiring a Williams tennis dress at the age of four. 
“It’s amazing – you just have to embrace the moment – I did, and I get to enjoy another moment in the next round.”