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I said that the next two matches would be decisive for this match and it turned out to be, although nothing has actually changed!

In the eighth game, Keys had a golden chance to break when she was up 15-40, but Swiatek managed to save them both – including one off a second serve – en route to four straight points and the hold.

“Bit of a let-off for Swiatek,” Casey Dellacqua said in a comment to Nine.

In fact, the rod was down on herself and starting to get angry. You could hear her talking to herself between points.

But Swiatek kept it up in Key’s next game, going 0-40 as she won seven straight points.

But Keys saved two and Swiatek had a wide open court to hit a massive forehand winner and she found nothing but net.

“Frustration there for Swiatek – she had the short ball,” said Peter Psaltis, commenting on Nine.

But at deuce, the pair played the longest rally of the match – 18 shots – before Swiatek again gave himself the chance with a lovely backhand pass.

Keys saved it again, then won the game with crunching forehand winners in successive points.

After the second sailed past the bar, she let out a massive ‘C’MON!

We are still on guard, but the pressure on these points now is enormous.