MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Elina Svitolina rallied from 4-1 down and took 11 of the next 12 games in a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Veronika Kudermetova on Monday to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the third time.

Svitolina is the only Ukrainian to reach the quarterfinals in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to that, the 30-year-old defeated WTA No. 4 Jasmine Paolini, Romanian Sorana Cirstea, and American Caroline Dolehide.

Svitolina, the 28th seed in Melbourne, ended her 2024 season prematurely to have surgery on a niggling foot injury that had plagued her for two years. She also took time out to give birth to her first child, Skye, with her partner Gael Monfils.

Elina Svitolina was happy to bring some light to Ukraine with her victory over Russian Veronika Kudermetova in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Elina Svitolina continues her great start to the season and has been through to the Australian Open quarterfinal, while Elena Rybakina suffered a round-of-16 loss. On Monday, the Ukrainian ousted world No. 75 Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1.

19th seed Madison Keys of the United States has reached the Australian Open quarter-finals for the fourth time in her career. She clinched a hard-fought win over sixth seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes, ending with a scoreline of 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in favor of Keys.

American Madison Keys first made the Australian Open semifinals 10 years ago. A decade on, she hopes to do it again, but she'll have to go through Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.

Veteran Elina Svitolina haa powered into the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time since 2019 with a straight-sets win over Veronika Kudermetova.