Madison Keys has superior to the quarterfinals of the Nationwide Financial institution Open.
The sixth-seeded American rebounded from a one-set deficit to beat Czechia’s Karolina Muchova 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 on a windy Sunday afternoon at IGA Stadium’s Centre Courtroom.
It marked the second straight come-from-behind win for Keys, who defeated American compatriot Caty McNally within the third spherical on Friday, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Keys, a runner-up on the 2016 match in Montreal, matched Ana Ivanovic for the longest hole between quarterfinal appearances on the occasion within the Open Period. Keys had not made it previous the second spherical in Canada since dropping to Simona Halep in that remaining 9 years in the past.
The win additionally gave Keys her seventy fifth profession win towards a participant ranked inside the highest 20 of the WTA rankings.
After squandering a break-point alternative of her personal in simply the second recreation of the match, Keys was damaged at love the next recreation to fall behind 2-1.
Whereas breaks of serve had been exchanged within the sixth and seventh video games, that early break proved to be simply sufficient for Muchova to take the opening set 6-4.
Keys bounced again within the second set. The 2025 Australian Open champion took benefit of an premature double fault by Muchova, her first of the match, to interrupt the Czech’s service and pull forward 3-1. Keys finally pressured a decider, sealing the second set with a 172 km/h ace.
Regardless of opening the third and remaining set with a break of serve, there was loads of adversity for Keys. After being damaged again within the fourth recreation, Keys was pressured to fend off a pair of match factors within the tenth recreation.
This galvanized Keys, who broke the next recreation on her solution to the win.
Keys now awaits the winner of Sunday night time’s fourth-round match pitting 2025 Wimbledon champion and No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland towards Denmark’s Clara Tauson within the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Japan’s Naomi Osaka cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova to additionally advance to the quarterfinals. Osaka will subsequent face the winner of Sunday night time’s matchup between 2025 Wimbledon finalist and fifth seed Amanda Anisimova and Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, the match’s tenth seed.
The Nationwide Financial institution Open continues till Thursday.
