
Sara Bejlek outlasts Madison Keys 3-6 6-4 7-6(5) in the quarter in Cincinnati on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Bejlek is going to play against Cori Gauff in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes.
Bejlek added to her prize money $ 143,105 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 297,315 till now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Bejlek will add $ 267,605 to her earnings to get in total $ 564,920.
Highlights Sara Bejlek vs. Madison Keys Cincinnati Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Bejlek won this contest even if she won the same amount of points of the American (107 vs. 107).
Bejlek
The Czech won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Keys
On the other side, Keys was struggling when converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Bejlek and Keys is 1-0 for Sara.
Draw and next match H2H: Sara Bejlek vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Bejlek will fight against Gauff in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Sara Bejlek and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Bejlek had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Madison Keys in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Keys to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
They played 66 points. Madison was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Bejlek (37-29). Madison surrendered 9 points on serve (23-9). On the other side, Bejlek conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).
Sara clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Bejlek broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Keys lost the 10th game (6-4) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
Sara converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Keys was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 61 points. The Czech conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the American (34-27). Bejlek conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Bejlek came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Madison Keys in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Bejlek to win the set since the American managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. The Czech maintained her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
The Czech won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the American won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2) and 9th (5-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Sara converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). Bejlek saved 1 set point when she was trailing 4-5. Furthermore, on the other side, the American converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 88 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Bejlek won just 2 more points than the American (45-43). The Czech lost 17 points on serve (26-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Keys conceded 19 points on serve (26-19).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Madison KeysKeys (3-6 6-4 7-65)
- Cori GauffGauff – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-2 6-2)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elena RybakinaRybakina (4-1 ret.)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-4 2-6 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (5-7) – H2H details and stats



