Madison Keys of the U.S. hits a return to compatriot Venus Williams during their women's singles quarter-final match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Madison Keys continued to ride her wave of success, fuelled in part by celebratory chocolate biscuits, as she advanced to her first grand slam semi-final with a gutsy 6-3 4-6 6-4 victory over Venus Williams on Wednesday.
The power-hitting 19-year-old had to battle through a re-occurrence of the thigh injury that forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon last year to set up a semi-final against top seed Serena Williams on Friday.
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