On January 20, Beijing time, the 2025 Australian Open tennis tournament started the ninth match day, and in the fourth round of the women's singles lower half of the first to end, the women's singles No. 19 seed and American fierce Keys eliminated the former tournament runner-up and No. 6 seed Rybakina 2-1 in the fourth round, and returned to the Australian Open women's singles quarterfinals with a wave of 9 consecutive wins.

Keys has been in excellent form this season, winning the WTA Adelaide in the Australian Open; Rybakina also led Kazakhstan to the semi-finals of the United Cup for the first time in its history. In this match, Keys quickly entered the state in the opening game to complete the break and take the lead 6-3; In the second set, Rybakina launched a counterattack to pull one back 6-1. In the deciding set, after the two sides broke each other to a 3-3 draw, Keys took the lead in winning three games in a row and sealed the victory 6-3.

Case's opponent in the quarter-finals will be 28th seed Svitolina, who overcame a 4-1 deficit in the first set in the fourth round to concede only one game to win in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals for the third time in her career, equalling her best record in the Australian Open Women's Singles. Svitolina and Keys have faced each other five times before, with Keys holding a slight advantage with a 3-2 head-to-head record.

(Text and editor: Dato)