Keys fell behind at Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday, yet hit back to prevail 3-6 6-3 6-4 and book a place in the last four at Melbourne Park for the third time in her career
Australian Open Tennis 2025
January 12 - January 26, 2025
Follow Outlook India's coverage of the Australian Open 2025 for all the live updates, scores and results from Melbourne. The season-opening Grand Slam features the world's top tennis players in both ATP and WTA sections, and the draw revealed some fascinating contests. Also known as the 'Grand Slam of Asia-Pacific', the 'AO' is being played at the iconic Melbourne Park from January 12 to 26, 2025.
This is the 113th edition of the Australian Open (57th in the Open Era). Jannik Sinner of Italy and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka are the defending champions in men's and singles events, respectively. Meanwhile, Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic is chasing a record-extending 11th title.
In the doubles, the Indo-Aussie pair of Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden are the men's title holders. Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei and Elise Mertens of Belgium will defend the women's doubles title. Hsieh Su-wei also won the mixed doubles title last year, with Jan Zielinski of Poland.
Men's singles seeded players
1. Jannik Sinner (Italy), 2. Alexander Zverev (Germany), 3. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain), 4. Taylor Fritz (United States), 5. Daniil Medvedev (Russia), 6. Casper Ruud (Norway), 7. Novak Djokovic (Serbia), 8. Alex de Minaur (Australia), 9. Andrey Rublev (Russia), 10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria), 11. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece), 12. Tommy Paul (United States), 13. Holger Rune (Denmark), 14. Ugo Humbert (France), 15. Jack Draper (United Kingdom), 16. Lorenzo Musetti (Italy), 17. Frances Tiafoe (United States), 18. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland), 19. Karen Khachanov (Russia), 20. Arthur Fils (France), 21. Ben Shelton (United States), 22. Sebastian Korda (United States), 23. Alejandro Tabilo (Chile), 24. Jiri Lehecka (Czechia), 25. Alexei Popyrin (Australia), 26. Tomas Machac (Czechia), 27. Jordan Thompson (Australia), 28. Sebastian Baez (Argentina), 29. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada), 30. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (France), 31. Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina), 32. Flavio Cobolli (Italy).
Women's singles seeded players:
1. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus), 2. Iga Swiatek (Poland), 3. Coco Gauff (United States), 4. Jasmine Paolini (Italy), 5. Zheng Qinwen (China), 6. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan), 7. Jessica Pegula (United States), 8. Emma Navarro (United States), 9. Daria Kasatkina (Russia), 10. Danielle Collins (United States), 11. Paula Badosa (Spain), 12. Diana Shnaider (Russia), 13. Anna Kalinskaya (Russia), 14. Mirra Andreeva (Russia), 15. Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil), 16. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia), 17. Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine), 18. Donna Vekic (Croatia), 19. Madison Keys (United States), 20. Karolina Muchova (Czechia), 21. Victoria Azarenka (Belarus), 22. Katie Boulter (United Kingdom), 23. Magdalena Frech (Poland), 24. Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan), 25. Liudmila Samsonova (Russia), 26. Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia), 27. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia), 28. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine), 29. Linda Noskova (Czechia), 30. Leylah Fernandez (Canada), 31. Maria Sakkari (Greece), 32. Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine).
Russian and Belarusian stars will play as neutrals without their national flags and other representative emblems as per the decisions taken by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and other international tennis federations following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The two-week-long tournament will also see junior and wheelchair events.
