Madison Keys beats Donna Vekic 4-6 7-6(7) 6-3 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Wednesday. Keys will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Belinda Bencic in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This run will match her best result in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 86,100 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 189,625 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 143,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 333,125 in total.
Highlights Madison Keys vs. Donna Vekic BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Keys’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:18
At the end of the match, Madison scored 104 points vs. Donna’s 97.
Keys
The American won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Vekic
On the other side, the Croatian was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Keys and Vekic is 3-1 for Madison.
Draw and next match H2H: Madison Keys vs. Belinda Bencic – stats
Keys will square off with Bencic in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Madison Keys and Belinda Bencic play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Keys and Bencic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bencic won 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Charleston back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The Croatian won the set after she broke Madison in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Keys tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. However, the Croatian didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-4.
Donna was perfect in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Keys was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 65 points. Donna was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Madison (35-30). Vekic conceded 11 points on serve (20-11). On the losing side, the American conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
The American won the set after she broke Vekic .
Keys was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Madison didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 86 points. Keys was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Vekic (45-41). The American dropped 13 points on serve (28-13). On the losing side, Donna conceded 17 points on serve (28-17).
Keys was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Keys to win the set as Vekic succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game. Keys kept her focus to break Donna in the 9th (6-3) game.
Keys failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
Madison converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Donna converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 50 points. Madison was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Vekic (28-22). Madison dropped 8 points on serve (16-8). On the losing side, Vekic conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Madison KeysKeys – Donna VekicVekic (4-6 7-67 6-3)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Sonay KartalKartal (6-1 6-2)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Cori GauffGauff (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-0 6-4)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-1 6-2)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-3 6-2)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-1 6-1)
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica PegulaPegula (5-7 6-1 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Belinda BencicBencic – Madison KeysKeys (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-6) – H2H details and stats
