Madison Keys too good for Belinda Bencic 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Thursday after playing an extraordinary match to deal with Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Keys added to her prize money $ 143,500 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 333,125 as of now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Keys will add $ 266,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 599,625.
Highlights Madison Keys vs. Belinda Bencic BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:04
At the end of the match, Madison scored 61 points vs. the Swiss’s 39.
Keys
Madison was pretty effective at converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11).
Bencic
On the other side, Bencic was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Keys and Bencic is 3-2 for Madison.
Draw and next match H2H: Madison Keys vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Keys will square off with Sabalenka in the semifinal.
This will be the 7th time that Madison Keys and Aryna Sabalenka play each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Keys won 6-3 2-6 7-5 in the final in Melbourne back in January 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Keys had a racing start in this set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, that was not enough for the American to win the set because Bencic managed to break back in the 6th (1-5) game. Keys kept her focus to break the Swiss in the 7th (6-1) game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 30.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Madison won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
They played 60 points. Keys won 14 more points than Bencic (37-23). Madison dropped 14 points on serve (17-14). On the losing side, Belinda conceded 20 points on serve (9-20).
Keys won the set after she broke Belinda in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Belinda was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Madison converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Keys didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 41 points. Keys was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Belinda (24-17). Madison lost 6 points on serve (12-6). In addition, on the other side, the Swiss conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-5 6-3)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-3 6-3)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-2 6-3)
- Madison KeysKeys – Belinda BencicBencic (6-1 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Madison KeysKeys (4-2) – H2H details and stats
