Garbine Muguruza had to battle hard against Madison Keys in the 3^rd round Cincinnati.

The Spanish no.1 had to recover from a 1-3 deficit in the opener before winning the first set 6-4. Then, the American managed to bring the affair to the decider after she conquered the second set. In the third set, Garbine was 2-4 down before making it even (4-4), but the crucial moment was when Keys was serving for the match (6-5) after she broke Garbine in the previous game. Madison squandered 2 consecutive match points when she was 40-15 up and then she couldn’t convert another one soon after. Eventually, Garbine broke Madison and then she won the match after clinching the decisive tie-break. The final score was 6-4 3-6 7-6 (3).

Next vs. Kuznetsova

Garbine will face Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarters. The head to head is 4-1 for the Spaniard that has won the last 4 matches against Svetlana.