Madison Keys upsets Iga Swiatek, into 1st Australian Open final

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Madison Keys saved a match point and came back to upset No. 2 Iga Swiatek 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (8) in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal Thursday to reach a Grand Slam title match for the second time in her career.

Keys is a 29-year-old American who was the runner-up to Sloane Stephens at the 2017 US Open. She claimed more games against Swiatek than the five-time major champion had dropped in her five previous matches at Melbourne Park combined over the past two weeks.

But Keys was on the brink of defeat when Swiatek served for the match at 6-5 in the third set and was a point away from ending it at 40-30. Swiatek put a backhand into the net and eventually got broken…