READ MORE:<\/strong> Former Olympic gymnastics champion dies from COVID-19<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Junior boxing champ shock contender for Newcastle Knights<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Krejcikova struggled with the heat and was almost non-competitive in the second set when Keys ran over the top of her.<\/p>\n "I train in Orlando through the summer, which I think is the hottest place on Earth in the summer," Keys said post-match.<\/p>\n "You guys should come and try it out and let me know if you agree with me. I am pretty used to it because I train in it all of the time, which I think is definitely a bonus for me, even though in the summer I really wish I didn't live there and I lived somewhere nicer.<\/p>\n "Yeah, I think that and then along with… we have so many great things like ice towels and cool fans and all of that which really help."<\/p>\n Spanish champion Rafael Nadal also struggled with the heat on Rod Laver Arena in his win against Denis Shapovalov, which was after Keys beat Krejcikova.<\/p>\n Stream every match, every court of the Australian Open live and free on<\/em><\/strong> 9Now<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n For Keys, this is the first time she's reached a Grand Slam semi-final since the French Open in 2018.<\/p>\n She last made it this far in the Australian Open in 2015, but has never made it to the last dance.<\/p>\n She was emotional after beating Krejcikova when she realised what she had achieved.<\/p>\n "I think I am going to cry," she told Jelena Dokic.<\/p>\n Later, she told media why she loves playing in Australia so much.<\/p>\n "I think it's also such a great place to start the new year. Everyone is so excited to watch the tennis," she said.<\/p>\n "The tennis fans here are great. You can tell that they truly love tennis. They're so excited. The energy is always amazing.<\/p>\n "I think honestly it's probably a player favorite slam. Everyone is so great to us."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australian Open semi-finalist Madison Keys says her experience training in Florida helped prepare her for the heat of Melbourne Park in January. The unseeded American […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=190459"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190461,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190459\/revisions\/190461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=190459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=190459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=190459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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