Australian Open: Angelique Kerber Overwhelms Madison Keys

Angelique Kerber continued her hot start to 2018, winning her 10th straight official match with a rout of Madison Keys.MELBOURNE, Australia — Angelique Kerber had already proved that she could handle the biggest moments in tennis. Madison Keys had not, and a one-sided women’s quarterfinal at the Australian Open on Wednesday did not resolve that disparity.

Kerber, who just turned 30, is back on a high in Melbourne: reading the flow of play beautifully, bending low and slapping straight-line winners off ill-considered shots from her opponents.

Even on a very good day for Keys, beating this version of Kerber would have been difficult. But on another tough day for Keys in the Grand Slam…