Madison Keys survives Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5 7-65 in the final in Cincinnati on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. This is Madison’s 5th and most important title.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Kuznetsova had a strong start of this set after breaking Keys in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Madison managed to stage a good comeback to break the Russian in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Svetlana was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).
2nd set.
Madison conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The American broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 5.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Keys scored 84 points vs. Kuznetsova’s 78 points.
Keys served very well to win 76% of the points (41/54) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 45% points (13/29) on her second serve. Keys blasted 13 aces and she committed 3 double faults. The American won this match even if she had a tough time in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, the Russian had some problems in converting her break points as she converted only 29% of her break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Keys and Kuznetsova is 4-0 for Madison.
Highlights Madison Keys vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
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Keys’s Interview
After the match, Madison commented:
“It’s obviously the biggest title I have ever won, and, I mean, it was a tough draw from the very start. I played some really, really great players from Round 1 until today. I definitely think I played some of my best tennis consistently this week.”
Madison Keys in Cincinnati |
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Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Madison KeysMadison – Svetlana KuznetsovaSvetlana (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
