Australian Open 2025 results: Madison Keys beats Elena Rybakina to reach quarter-finals

Kazakhstan’s Rybakina, 25, said she would need “magic” to progress in Melbourne after needing treatment on her back during her third-round win over Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska.

She had won her previous two matches against Keys but dropped the first set, with the American neutralizing her big serve and taking control of the rallies.

Rybakina, a finalist in Melbourne in 2023, battled back midway through the encounter to win four games in a row and secure the second set, but Keys would prevail in the decider.

At 3-3, she took control before eventually sealing her place in the last eight with a searing cross-court winner on her second match point.

Keys will play Ukraine’s 28th seed Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals after she beat Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1.

Svitolina, 30, overcame a poor start to reach her 12th Grand Slam quarter-final before dedicating the victory to her country.

“This fighting spirit that I have is completely Ukrainian spirit that I try to show, that I also try to represent,” Svitolina said.

“For me to find a way to win games, to find a way to bring a little light, a little victory to Ukrainian people, is something I feel I’m responsible for. Bringing the game is the least I can do. “