Madrid Open: Keys earns quarter-final clash with Swiatek
Madison Keys beat Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon. She’ll play Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed, in the next round
Madison Keys – Michael Baucher / Panoramic
American Madison Keys, the No 5 seed, defeated Croat Donna Vekic, the No 19 seed, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica on Tuesday.
Keys, ranked No 5, will face Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed, next, a repeat of their semi-final battle at this year’s Australian Open, won by the American.
Earlier in the tournament, the American won against Italian Lucia Bronzetti (6-4, 6-3) and Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 30 seed (7-5, 7-6 (3)).
Vekic, ranked No 21, beat American wildcard Hailey Baptiste (6-4, 6-3) and American Emma Navarro, the No 11 seed (4-6, 6-3, 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Peyton Stearns
- Elina Svitolina vs. Maria Sakkari
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Iga Swiatek beat Diana Shnaider (13): 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Coco Gauff (4) beat Belinda Bencic: 6-4, 6-2
- Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q): 6-1, 6-4
