Former teenage prodigy Madison Keys arrived in Australia with the goal of seeing how well she could perform with her 30th birthday approaching next month.

Swiatek will face No. 19 Madison Keys of the U.S. on Thursday night for a berth in the final. The other women’s semifinal is No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the two-time defending champion, against her good friend, No. 11 Paula Badosa.

MELBOURNE, Australia — When Madison Keys finally finished off her 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) upset of No. 2 Iga Swiatek in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal on Thursday night, the 29-year-old American crouched on the court and placed a hand on her white hat.

Sabalenka beat good friend Paula Badosa of Spain earlier Thursday, 6-4, 6-2. Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus, can become the first woman since 1999 to win three consecutive Australian Open singles crowns. "If she plays like this," the 11th-seeded Badosa said, "I mean, we can already give her the trophy."

Iga Swiatek continued her run through the Australian Open on Wednesday, cruising past Emma Navarro to reach the semifinals, where she will meet Madison Keys.

Iga Swiatek faces Madison Keys in the semi-final match of the women's singles category at the Australia Open 2025 on Thursday. Here are the live streaming and other details of the knockout Tennis matc

Madison Keys of Rock Island beat Iga Swiatek of Poland in a third-set tiebreaker Thursday to advance to the women's championship of the Australian Open tennis tournament.

With women’s tennis on the verge of an epic showdown between its top two players with the Australian Open title on the line, Keys, the 29-year-old American, crashed the party. She stormed back against Iga Swiatek to win their semifinal 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8)

The Madison Keys who will play two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka for the title at the Australian Open on Saturday night is not the same Madison Keys who was the runner-up at the U.S.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Madison Keys upsets No. 2 Iga Swiatek in a third-set tiebreaker to reach her first Australian Open final.

When Madison Keys finally finished off her 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) upset of No. 2 Iga Swiatek in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open 2025 semifinal on Thursday night, saving a match point along the way,