B6 | Monday, January 22, 2018 SPORTS The Times PRO Keys returns to Aussie Open quarters with win over Garcia ASSOCIATED PRESS ‌MELBOURNE, Australia — Madison Keys has contin- ued her strong run through the draw, returning to the quarterfi- nals here for the first time in three years with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Caroline Garcia on Monday. ANDY BROWNBILL, DITA ALANGKARA, ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ The U.S. Open finalist ASSOCIATED PRESS‌ celebrates after defeating Diego Schwartzman in their fourth round match at the Australian Open on Sunday. is yet to drop a set at Mel- Madison Keys serves to bourne Park and is averag- Caroline Garcia during their ing a brisk 62.5 minutes on fourth round match at the court through her first four Australian Open on Monday. rounds. Salutes all Coming into the match ing his credentials as a next against Garcia, she had generation champion. non-profit only dropped 14 games — Nadal secured his spot organizations the second fewest among in a 10th Australian Open that help the women through three quarterfinal earlier Sunday support, rounds, just behind Angel- on Rod Laver Arena, beating grow, anchor ique Kerber’s 13 games. Diego Schwartzman 6-3, and promote Keys could meet Kerber in 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 in 3 hours our communities. the quarterfinals if the 21st- and 51 minutes. seeded German beats Hsieh The 16-time major win- Su-wei of Taiwan. ner draped an arm around Keys is seeded just 17th his Argentine friend and after undergoing wrist sur- patted him on top of the gery and missing several . If he needed a fitness months on tour last year, test in the first week in his but she is playing pain-free comeback from an injured again and looking increas- right knee, he got it. ingly confident as the tour- “A great battle ... he’s a nament goes on. good friend of mine,” Nadal Keys, the only American said. “This is the first big woman to reach the fourth match that I played in 2018. round, said she feels like That’s confidence for myself she’s playing without pres- ... confidence I can resist sure since returning from for four hours on court at a her wrist injury. good intensity.” “I definitely realize how Nadal will next play 2014 much l love it and how much U.S. Open champion Marin pressure I put on myself” in Cilic, who collected his the past, she said. “Just be- 100th match ing really happy to be back win with a 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 out here and not at home in (0), 7-6 (3) victory over No. a cast.” 10 Pablo Carreno Busta. She’s reached her fourth “I had the 300th win of Grand Slam quarterfinal and my career at the U.S. Open her first at the Australian in 2014, so this is also beau- Open since her breakout run tiful one,” Cilic said of his to the semifinals in 2015 as a latest major milestone. “I 19 year old. hope I’m going to continue Keys lost her serve in and gather three more here.” the opening game of the Nadal lost last year’s Aus- he Board Presents the real world programming with match against the eighth- tralian Open final to Federer, and Junior students, we can count on seeded Garcia, but broke the but went on to regain the 2nd Annual Frenchwoman five times as No. 1 ranking and win the Achievement having young men and women she raced through the next French and U.S. Open titles of Chicago - who are ready to take their two sets. 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