Svitolina holds off Keys to reach quarter-finals
| Australian Open 2019 |
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| Venue: Melbourne Park Dates: 14-27 January |
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Sixth seed Elina Svitolina beat former US Open finalist Madison Keys in a pulsating fourth-round match at the Australian Open.
The Ukrainian broke twice to take the first set but Keys won five games in a row and hit 16 winners as she went on to dominate the second.
Svitolina then held off five break points in a 16-minute game in the third set to win 6-2 1-6 6-1.
She will face Japanese Naomi Osaka or Latvian Anastasija Sevastova next.
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