Ruthless Madison Keys clobbers Vondrousova in the quarter to set up a clash vs Sabalenka at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Keys makes light work of Vondrousova to compete against Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Madison Keys vs. Marketa Vondrousova

Madison Keys breezes past Marketa Vondrousova 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in New York on Wednesday after playing a good match to clash against Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

Keys
New York
Keys's Record

Keys added to her prize money $ 320,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 775,000 so far in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Keys will add $ 725,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,500,000.

Highlights Madison Keys vs. Marketa Vondrousova U.S. Open – New York

Keys’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Keys
Vondrousova
Madison Keys
6-1 6-4
1h:26
Marketa Vondrousova
69
69
Total points
54
54
37
37
Winners
16
16
54%
54%
Ratio Winners
30%
30%
28
28
Unforced
19
19
60%
60%
Ratio Unforced
40%
40%
14/30
14/30
Net Approaches
12/15
12/15
47%
47%
Perc
80%
80%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
70%
70%
1st in
59%
59%
69%
69%
1st won
59%
59%
37/54
37/54
1st won
16/27
16/27
48%
48%
2nd won
47%
47%
11/23
11/23
2nd won
9/19
9/19
191
191
Fastest serve
173
173
169
169
AVG 1st Serve
157
157
123
123
AVG 2nd Serve
135
135
-- Break Points --
3/3
3/3
Total
0/9
0/9
100%
100%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Keys scored 69 points vs. Marketa’s 54.

Keys

The American was fantastic in converting all the break points (3/3).

Vondrousova

On the other side, Vondrousova wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Keys and Vondrousova is 1-0 for Madison.

Draw and next match H2H: Madison Keys vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Keys will take on Sabalenka in the semifinal.

This will be the 4th time that Madison Keys and Aryna Sabalenka square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in London back in July 2023.

Madison Keys Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Keys was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Marketa Vondrousova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The American reinforced her lead after breaking Vondrousova in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

One of the most important stints of the set was when the American won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Madison was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A). On the other side, Marketa was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 5th game (0-4 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 50 points. Keys won 12 points more than the Czech (31-19). Madison dropped 12 points on serve (21-12). On the other side, Vondrousova conceded 10 points on serve (7-10).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Keys grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) before finally conquering the set (6-4).

The American was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, the Czech was unable to convert any of her 6 break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 points more than the Czech (38-35). The American lost 17 points on serve (27-17). On the losing side, Marketa conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).

 

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