Madison Keys came from a break and set down to beat two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the BrisbaneTennis semifinals on Saturday.
The American won nine of 10 games in her mid-match recovery against the tournament’s 2011 champion to beat Kvitova 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Keys will play defending Brisbane champion Karolina Pliskova in Sunday afternoon’s final. Pliskova beat Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-2 after saving a match point.“He pretty much just said ‘Don’t be discouraged’,” Keys said. “I felt like I had chances, but couldn’t close on those … and once I did, I felt the momentum went back and forth but I gained confidence.”Osaka broke for the first time for a 6-5 lead in the second set after winning the first-set tiebreaker.
“I was proud I stayed with her because it could go a really bad way after that first set,” Pliskova said. “There was not many things I did wrong, it was more about her .” Despite losing her opening singles match in Brisbane, top-ranked Ash Barty has managed valuable court time on the way to the women’s doubles final.More from Sportsnet
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