Quarter-finals
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\nSYDNEY
\nFormer champion Angelique Kerber battled back against world number 88 Hsieh Su-Wei to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.
\nKerber, the favourite for the title following her convincing win over Maria Sharapova in round three, recovered from a set down to win 4-6 7-5 6-2.
\nThe 30-year-old German and 21st seed is the last remaining Grand slam champion in the women\u2019s singles draw. She will play American 17th seed Madison Keys in the last eight.
\nDespite breaking serve in the first game, 2016 champion Kerber struggled in the first half of the match as the unconventional Hsieh, who plays with a double-handed backhand and forehand, hit 20 winners in the first set alone.
\nHsieh knocked out third seed Garbine Muguruza and 26th seed Agnieszka Radwanska in previous rounds and looked on course for a first Slam quarter-final until Kerber improved late in the second set.
\nKerber served to stay in the match at 5-4 in the second set before winning the next two games to force a decider.
\nShe took the final set in 32 minutes, the quickest of the match, to reach her first Slam quarter-final since winning the US Open in 2016. \u201cCredit to her she played an unbelievable match,\u201d Kerber said. \u201cI was running everywhere and she always had the answer. We will see a lot in 2018 from her.\u201d
\nKeys, runner-up in the last Grand Slam of 2017 at the US Open, progressed with a crushing victory over French eighth Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-2.
\nThe 22-year-old hit 32 winners and nine aces in her 68-minute win. \u201cIt will be another tough match but I will try to continue how I have played in the last week,\u201d Kerber said. \u201cI am feeling good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Quarter-finals ONLINE SYDNEY Former champion Angelique Kerber battled back against world number 88 Hsieh Su-Wei to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals. Kerber, the favourite for the title following her convincing win over Maria Sharapova in round three, recovered from a set down to win 4-6 7-5 6-2. The 30-year-old German and 21st seed is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n