
Madison Keys hustles Jaqueline Cristian 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Keys will clash against Qiang Wang in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.
Keys added to her prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Madison will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.
Highlights Madison Keys vs. Jaqueline Cristian Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Madison scored 81 points vs. Cristian’s 60.
Keys
Madison won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Cristian
On the other side, Cristian had a tough time converting her break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Keys and Cristian is 1-0 for Madison.
Draw and next match H2H: Madison Keys vs. Qiang Wang – stats
Keys will come up against Wang in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Madison Keys and Qiang Wang clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Keys (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Wang won 1-6 6-3 6-1 in the R in Zhuhai back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Keys had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Jaqueline Cristian in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Madison to win the set since the Romanian found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. The American maintained her focus to break Cristian in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
A defining moment of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Madison converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Romanian converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (0-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They played 53 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Cristian (32-21). The American surrendered 14 points on serve (18-14). on the other side of the court, the Romanian conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Keys conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Jaqueline Cristian in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Madison to win the set since the Romanian managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Keys maintained her focus to break Cristian in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The American was unable to break Cristian in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Keys converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40). In addition on the other side, Cristian converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 88 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Jaqueline (49-39). Madison dropped 14 points on serve (26-14). On the losing side, the Romanian conceded 23 points on serve (25-23).
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