Miami Open: Rybakina holds off Keys to reach quarter-finals
Elena Rybakina won against Madison Keys 6-3, 7-5 on Monday evening and will play Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, defeated American Madison Keys, the No 17 seed, 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Monday.
Rybakina, ranked No 4, will face Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Kazakh edged out Dane qualifier Clara Tauson (3-6, 7-5, 6-4) and American qualifier Taylor Townsend (6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4).
Keys, ranked No 18, won against Russian Diana Shnaider (6-2, 6-4) and Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-4, 7-6 (5)) earlier in the tournament.
Miami WTA 1000, other round of 16 results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8,770,480):
- Yulia Putintseva beat Anhelina Kalinina (32): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Maria Sakkari beat Anna Kalinskaya (walkover)
- Iga Swiatek vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Emma Navarro vs. Jessica Pegula
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Danielle Collins
- Coco Gauff vs. Caroline Garcia
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Katie Boulter
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