Madison Keys annihilates Petra Martic 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in Eastbourne on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to face off with Cori Gauff in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. Keys won this tournament once in 2014. Here you can see her history at this event.
Keys added to her prize money $ 22,858 after winning this match. She has already won $ 43,323 until now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Madison will add $ 30,838 to her earnings to get in total $ 74,161.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:17
At the end of the match, Madison scored 64 points vs. Petra’s 47.
Keys
The American served very well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 40% points (4/10) on her second serve. Keys was pretty effective at converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5).
Martic
On the other side, Martic was stunning in converting the only break point that she converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Keys and Martic is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Madison Keys vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Keys will come up against Gauff in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Madison Keys and Cori Gauff play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gauff won 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Dubai back in February 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after she broke Martic in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Croatian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nevertheless, the American kept the focus to win the set 6-4.
Madison failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Madison converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Petra was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They contested 71 points. Keys was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Croatian (40-31). Madison lost 10 points on serve (22-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Petra conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).
Keys had a strong start of this set after breaking Petra Martic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Keys managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Martic in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
The American was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Petra (24-16). Keys lost 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the court, the Croatian conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Cori GauffGauff – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-2 2-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Petra MarticMartic (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-7(8) ret. (Ostapenko ret.)) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Cori GauffGauff (1-2) – H2H details and stats
