Madison Keys upsets Sofia Kenin 7-6(2) 7-5 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday in what was an all-American contest. Keys will engage against Jaqueline Cristian in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.

Melbourne
Keys's Record

Madison added to her prize money $ 50,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Madison will add $ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Madison Keys vs. Sofia Kenin Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Keys
Kenin
7-62 7-5
1h:31
82
82
Total points
67
67
42
42
Winners
36
36
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
24
24
Unforced
27
27
47%
47%
Ratio Unforced
53%
53%
4/8
4/8
Net Approaches
5/7
5/7
50%
50%
Perc
71%
71%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
68%
68%
1st in
73%
73%
84%
84%
1st won
65%
65%
42/50
42/50
1st won
36/55
36/55
50%
50%
2nd won
55%
55%
12/24
12/24
2nd won
11/20
11/20
189
189
Fastest serve
157
157
171
171
AVG 1st Serve
151
151
132
132
AVG 2nd Serve
137
137
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
1/3
1/3
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Keys scored 82 points vs. Kenin’s 67.

Keys

Madison served pretty well to win 84% of the points (42/50) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (12/24) on her second serve. Madison fired 15 aces and she committed 1 double fault. Madison was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (2/4).

Kenin

On the other side, Sofia was battling in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Keys and Kenin is 3-1 for Madison.

Draw and next match H2H: Madison Keys vs. Jaqueline Cristian – stats

Keys will face Cristian in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Madison Keys and Jaqueline Cristian since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Madison had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.

Tiebreak

Madison won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point.

Keys won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2

Madison wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Sofia wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 77 points. Keys was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Kenin (43-34). Madison surrendered 6 points on serve (30-6). On the losing side, Sofia conceded 13 points on serve (28-13).

Madison won the set after she broke Sofia in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Sofia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, Keys didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 7-5.

Madison failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.

Madison converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kenin converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 72 points. Madison was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Sofia (39-33). Madison dropped 14 points on serve (24-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Sofia conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).

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