Madison Keys bests Qiang Wang 4-6 6-3 7-6(2) in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Keys will face Paula Badosa Gibert in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 120,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Madison will add $ 300,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.
Highlights Madison Keys vs. Qiang Wang Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Keys scored 118 points vs. the Chinese’s 101.
Keys
Madison was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).
Wang
On the other side, the Chinese was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (6/9). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Keys and Wang is 3-1 for Madison.
Draw and next match H2H: Madison Keys vs. Paula Badosa Gibert – stats
Keys will take on Badosa Gibert in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Madison Keys and Paula Badosa Gibert since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Badosa Gibert had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Qiang Wang in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for the Chinese to win the set as the American found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Qiang kept her cool to break Keys in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
Qiang was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A). Also, on the other side, the American was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They contested 78 points. This set was so close that, Wang won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Chinese lost 16 points on serve (21-16). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).
Badosa Gibert got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Qiang Wang in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the American refused to bow to come back to break Qiang 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
A crucial moment of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
Madison surrendered 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
Keys had a strong start of this set after breaking Qiang Wang in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the American to win the set since Wang succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (2-2) game. Keys kept her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
Tiebreak
Keys won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0), 8th (8-0) and 12th (10-2) point. On the other side, Wang won a minibreak in the 11th (2-9) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0, 8-0, 8-1, 9-1, 9-2, 10-2
The American converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Wang converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (1-2 15-40).
They contested 90 points. Keys won 6 more points than Wang (48-42). Madison lost 17 points on serve (27-17). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 21 points on serve (25-21).
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