Madison Keys brushes past Aoi Ito 6-4 6-0 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati on Monday after playing a tremendous match to face off with Elise Mertens or Elena Rybakina in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 2 minutes. The American won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Cincinnati
Keys's Record

Madison added to her prize money $ 23,838 after winning this match. She has already won $ 56,678 after this win. If she wins the next match, Madison will add $ 50,222 to her earnings to get in total $ 106,900 in total.

Highlights Madison Keys vs. Aoi Ito Cincinnati Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Keys
Ito
6-4 6-0
1h:02
63
63
Total points
35
35
23
23
Winners
15
15
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
77%
77%
1st in
60%
60%
70%
70%
1st won
45%
45%
23/33
23/33
1st won
15/33
15/33
60%
60%
2nd won
27%
27%
6/10
6/10
2nd won
6/22
6/22
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
2/4
2/4
55%
55%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Madison scored 63 points vs. Aoi’s 35.

Keys

The American was effective at converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11).

Ito

On the other side, the Japanese was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Madison Keys vs. Elise Mertens or Elena Rybakina – stats

Keys will square off with either Elise Mertens or Elena Rybakina in the 4th round. The head to head is 4-2

vs. Elise Mertens and 3-2 vs. Elena Rybakina.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Keys 6-4
KeysIto
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KeysIto
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
KeysIto
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
KeysIto
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
KeysIto
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
KeysIto
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
KeysIto
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KeysIto
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
KeysIto
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
KeysIto
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
KeysIto
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30

Keys had a great start in this set after breaking Aoi Ito in the 1st

game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the American to win the set as the Japanese found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (3-5) game. The American kept her focus to break the Japanese in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-4).

The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

A defining moment of this set was when Madison won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 1-2 to 5-2.

The American converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (4-2 40-A), the 9th (5-3 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Ito converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 74 points. Keys was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the Japanese (43-31). Keys surrendered 11 points on serve (17-11). On the other side, the Japanese conceded 26 points on serve (20-26).

2nd Set -
Keys 6-0
KeysIto
6
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KeysIto
5
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KeysIto
4
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
KeysIto
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
KeysIto
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Ito was totally subdued and the American won the set 6-0.

The American was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40). On the other side, Keys didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 24 points. Madison won 16 more points than Ito (20-4). The American was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 8 points on serve (1-8).

1st
Keys
Ito
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Keys
Ito
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

  • Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elise MertensMertens (4-6 6-3 7-5)
  • Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-4 6-1)
  • Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-5 6-4)
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Maya JointJoint (6-4 6-3)
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (7-63 4-6 7-65)
  • Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Yue YuanYuan (6-72 6-4 6-4)
  • Madison KeysKeys – Aoi ItoIto (6-4 6-0)

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