2018 - US OPEN - USA, NY
Quarterfinal queens: Keys and Osaka join Serena and Sevastova in final four
All the best pictures from the 2018 US Open quarterfinals.
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Anastasija Sevastova's clever, stylish all-court game enabled the Latvian to avenge last year's quarterfinal defeat to Sloane Stephens (Getty)
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Sloane Stephens had navigated a scare (Anhelina Kalinina), a former finalist (Victoria Azarenka) and a revenge match (Elise Mertens) in week one, but her title defence came to an end in the QFs (Getty)
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Anastasija Sevastova was merciless in dissecting Stephens' game as she leapt out to a 6-2, 4-1 lead (Getty)
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Both Sloane Stephens and Anastasija Sevastova suffered in extreme heat and humidity (Getty)
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Anastasija Sevastova fended off a second-set revival by Sloane Stephens to come through 6-2, 6-3, and couldn't contain her emotion on winning (Getty)
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Anastasija Sevastova retired in 2013 due to injuries - but her comeback has now seen her back up two previous US Open quarterfinals with a maiden Slam semifinal in New York (Getty)
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Serena Williams had lost to Karolina Pliskova in their last meeting at the 2016 US Open, but took her revenge this year 6-4, 6-3 (Getty)
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Karolina Pliskova took an early first-set lead, but could not hold off the Serena comeback (Getty)
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Serena Williams was calm and efficient as she moved towards her 12th US Open semifinal (Getty)
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Serena Williams has now reached at least the semifinals in her second and third majors since returning from maternity leave (Getty)
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Serena Williams and Karolina Pliskova shake hands after the American's straight-sets victory (Getty)
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Lesia Tsurenko and Naomi Osaka shake hands (Getty)
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Osaka smiles after her 6-1, 6-1 win (Getty)
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Madison Keys celebrates a point against Carla Suarez Navarro (Getty)
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Carla Suarez Navarro talks to the chair umpire (Getty)
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Suarez Navarro stretches to make a shot (Jimmie48/WTA)
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Keys celebrates her 6-4, 6-3 win (Getty)