Australian Open 2025 Women’s Day 9

Five-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek broke through her fourth-round barrier at the Australian Open, reaching the quarter-finals for only the second time as she crushed qualifying lucky loser Eva Lys on Monday.

Second seed Swiatek dominated the 23-year-old ranked 128th who will reach the top 20 in the upcoming WTA rankings.

The Polish seed showed no mercy in a rout as she blew into the last eight at Melbourne Park.

Swiatek swept the opening set and allowed Lys one game in the second to wrap up things in 59 minutes.

“This is my first night session and I really enjoyed it,” Swiatek said, adding that there remains room in her game to lift even higher.

“There’s a lot to improve, I’m not at my peaks yet. Matches like this give me confidence.

“I’ve never really felt comfortable with my game at the Australian Open but it’s better this year.”

The second seed will bid for her second semi-final here when she plays eighth seed  Emma Navarro, who converted only nine of 25 break points before finally prevailing over Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.

Adelaide tournament winner Madison Keys shocked sixth seed Elena Rybakina, sending the 2023 Melbourne finalist out in the fourth round 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

The American 14th seed spent just under two hours in staging the upset of the sixth seed with 27 winners and 31 unforced errors.

Keys won her ninth consecutive match this season, finishing with a cross-court winner.

“It was a pretty good first set, and I think I finished the third set really well,” keys said.

“There are some things that I can take and learn from the middle of the match. But overall, I’m really happy with how I was able to close out that match.”

Crowd favourite Elina Svitolina returned the the last eight here for the third time in her career and first since 2019 as the Ukrainian wife of gael Monfils dispatched Veronika Kudermetova, 6-3, 6-1.

The 30-year-old winner is competing for the 12th time in Melbourne in her 44th Grand Slam appearance.

Svitolina recovered from a 4-1 deficit in the opening set against her 75th-ranked opponent and was unstoppable from that point on, earning her ninth win from as many matches against Russians since the February, 2022, invasion of Ukraine.

“I was fighting, it was the only thing you can do when things are not going your way,” the winner said of her turnaround.

“You have to put your head down and go back to work. I’m happy I could come back and win in straight sets.

Since her Melbourne quarter-final six years ago, much has changed for the 30-year-old.

Svitolina got married to her fellow player, had surgery and took time away to have the couple’s child Skye.

“Mentality played a big part,” said the 27th-ranked former world No. 2. “Starting from zero is not easy,

“It’s an amazing feeling to go deep at a Grand Slam, I owe thanks to my team.”