Barty knocks out Keys in Paris to reach 1st career Grand Slam semifinals
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PARIS (AP) Ashleigh Barty reached the French Open semifinals for the first time by beating Madison Keys 6-3, 7-5.
Serving for the match for the second time on Court Suzanne Lenglen, the eighth-seeded Australian won when Keys put a forehand into the net.
The 23-year-old Barty will now play her first semifinal in a major tournament against unseeded American teenager Amanda Anisimova.
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