PARIS (Reuters) - Australian eighth seed Ashleigh Barty reached her first Grand Slam semi-final as she outplayed error-prone American Madison Keys 6-3 7-5 at the French Open on Thursday. Barty's greater variety proved too much for 2018 semi-finalist Keys whose power game broke down at the vital moments. "It was a really clean match," Barty, who returned to the sport three years ago after stopping to play cricket, told reporters. Really, really happy with how we went about it." Keys lost patience at 3-3 and blazed a forehand long, then a backhand to offer up the break of serve.

Source: The Star June 06, 2019 11:43 UTC