▁de ▁Janeiro . ▁As ▁the ▁No . ▁ 7 ▁seed , ▁Ke ys ▁reached ▁the ▁semif inals , ▁where ▁she ▁was ▁elimin ated ▁by ▁Ker ber . ▁She ▁then ▁lost ▁the ▁bronze ▁medal ▁match ▁to ▁K v it ová ▁in ▁three ▁sets , ▁narrow ly ▁missing ▁out ▁on ▁a ▁medal . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁US ▁Open ▁as ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁seed , ▁Ke ys ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁fourth ▁round ▁after ▁a ▁mi rac ul ous ▁com eb ack ▁against ▁te en ager ▁Na omi ▁Os aka ▁in ▁her ▁third ▁round ▁match , ▁where ▁she ▁over c ame ▁a ▁ 5 – 1 ▁def ic it ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁set . ▁She ▁then ▁lost ▁to ▁Caroline ▁W oz nia cki , ▁thereby ▁exit ing ▁all ▁four ▁Grand ▁S lam ▁tournament s ▁that ▁year ▁in ▁the ▁fourth ▁round . ▁Non eth eless , ▁Ke ys ▁was ▁still ▁in ▁cont ention ▁for ▁a ▁spot ▁in ▁the ▁W TA ▁Final s ▁in ▁Singapore , ▁being ▁ranked ▁No . ▁ 9 ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁with ▁the ▁top ▁eight ▁in ▁the ▁W TA ▁rank ings ▁getting ▁invited ▁to ▁the ▁event . ▁She ▁stayed ▁in ▁the ▁race ▁by ▁making ▁the ▁quarter final s ▁at ▁the ▁Wu han ▁Open . ▁She ▁then ▁reached ▁the ▁semif inals ▁in ▁back - to - back ▁weeks ▁at ▁the ▁China ▁Open ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁and ▁the ▁Lin z ▁Open ▁in ▁Austria . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁she ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁Singapore ▁a ▁week ▁before ▁the ▁tournament . ▁M