
Peyton Stearns stuns Madison Keys 2-6 6-2 7-6(3) in the 3rd round in Rome on Saturday in what was an all-American clash. The battle lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes.
Stearns added to her prize money € 27,797 after winning this match. She has already won € 66,110 after this win. If she wins the next match, Peyton will add € 58,590 to her earnings to get in total € 124,700 in total.
Highlights Peyton Stearns vs. Madison Keys Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Peyton scored 105 points vs. Keys’s 99.
Stearns
Stearns won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.
Keys
On the other side, Keys was not so effective in converting her break points (only 29% – 5/17). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Stearns and Keys is 2-0 for Peyton.
Live score progression and stats
Madison was too strong for Stearns and consequently she won 6-2. Peyton broke Keys 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Keys broke her opponent in the 4th (2-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).
Peyton was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Keys was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Stearns was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 72 points. Madison was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Peyton (39-33). Madison dropped 13 points on serve (16-13). On the other side, Peyton conceded 23 points on serve (20-23).
Stearns had a racing start in this set after breaking Madison Keys in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Stearns reinforced her lead after breaking Keys in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Stearns failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Stearns converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Peyton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. Stearns was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Madison (31-20). Peyton conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Madison conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Peyton won the set after she broke Keys in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Keys tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Peyton maintained the focus to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 3.
Tiebreak
Stearns won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Madison won a minibreak in the 3rd (2-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Peyton converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Keys converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 81 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Peyton won barely 1 point more than Madison (41-40). Stearns lost 19 points on serve (18-19). Regarding the other side of the net, Keys conceded 23 points on serve (21-23).
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