Roland-Garros: Keys sets up third round clash against Rybakina
Madison Keys beats Caroline Garcia 6-4, 7-6 [3] to set up a first career meeting against the No 16 seed Rybakina
Madison Keys of the U.S. in action during her first round match against Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya (Panoramic)
Former Roland-Garros semi-finalist Madison Keys scored a hard-fought straight sets win over Frenchwoman Carolina Garcia to advance to the third round of Roland-Garros on Thursday.
Keys, who reached the semi-finals in Paris in 2018 and the quarter-finals in 2019, scored a 6-4, 7-6 [3] win over the former world No 4 Garcia on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Keys, seeded No 22, will next meet the No 16 seed Elena Rybakina. The Kazakh player advanced with a 6-4, 6-0 win over wild card Katie Volynets.
This will be the first meeting between Madison Keys and Elena Rybakina.
Paris (Grand Slam): Thursday women’s second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000)
- Elena Rybakina beat Katie Volynets (WC): 6-4, 6-0
- Danka Kovinic beat Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-3, 7-5
- Daria Kasatkina (20) beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (Q): 6-0, 6-3
- Veronika Kudermetova (29) beat Aleksandra Krunic (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Paula Badosa (3) beat Kaja Juvan: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- Leolia Jeanjean (WC) beat Karolina Pliskova (8): 6-2, 6-2
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (30): 6-7 [3], 6-3, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (11) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
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