On January 25, Beijing time, the Australian Open women's singles quarterfinals, No. 4 seed Kregitskova vs. American star Keyes. In the first set, Keith completed a key break in the set, 6-3 in the set to go first. In the second set, Case went down 6-2. With a score of 2-0, Keith advanced to the semi-finals.
Prior to this Year's Australian Open, Case won the warm-up match in Adelaide in the second week, winning the sixth singles title of his career, breaking the last two and a half years of championship drought. Coming to the Australian Open, Case continued the fiery state of winning the previous warm-up match, overturning the 11th seed, the 2020 Australian Open champion Kenning in the first round, sweeping belgian player Christian again in the second round 2-0, reversing China's wang qiang 2-1 in the third round, and keeping a clean sheet in the fourth round 8 seed Badosa, the 1/4 final of this game, Case faced the No. 4 seed and the world's 4th Kregieckova. In the first four rounds, Kregitskova eliminated Petkovic, China's post-00s Little Flower King Xiyu, Ostapenko and Azarenka, and the gold content was also very sufficient.
In the first set, Keith launched an attack in the sixth set, in the initiation of the opponent Krejickova, Keith cashed in on the fifth break point of the set, the set scored 4-2 to establish an advantage, Keith then saved, Krejicova also saved a set, Keith saved his own free throw to win the set, the set scored 6-3, the big score 1-0 lead.
In the first set of the second set, Krejickova's serve, Keith completed the break, and then, Keith saved, and broke again in the third set, establishing a large advantage of 3-0 in the set, Kregitskova seemed to have some signs of heat stroke! However, Kregitcova was tenacious and desperate, completing the first break of the game in the fourth set, chasing it to 1-3.
However, Keith was stable, secured his remaining serve, and once again completed a break, the set scored 6-2, Keith went down, the big score 2-0 swept Kregitskova to reach the women's singles round of 4.
This match between Case and Krejickova is the first singles quarterfinal of this Australian Open, that is to say, including the men's singles and women's singles, American Keith became the first person to reach the top four of the Australian Open! At the same time, this is also the case after 2015, after 7 years to enter the Australian Open semi-finals.
Kregitskova became the top four seeded player to leave the game after No. 2 seed Sabalenka and No. 3 seed Muguruza, and at present, only the top four seeds in the women's singles are left, the local darling Barty.