US Open: Keys reaches last 16, to face Pegula in all-American clash

American Madison Keys, the No 17 seed, reached the last 16 of the US Open by winning against Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 14 seed, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Saturday.

Keys, ranked No 17, will play fellow American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, next.

“Jessica (Pegula) probably plays a little bit flatter than I do. But I think maybe if I have the advantage on the serve, she has the advantage on the return,” Keys said looking forward to her next match. “I think we kind of are opposites a little bit. But, she’s been playing some amazing tennis the past few years. “

Ahead of her victory, the American defeated Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus (6-2, 6-4) and Belgian lucky loser Yanina Wickmayer (6-1, 6-2).

Samsonova, ranked No 15, beat American Claire Liu (7-6 (3), 6-3) and German Tamara Korpatsch (6-3, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Flushing Meadows tournament.

New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Ons Jabeur vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Katie Boulter vs. Peyton Stearns
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Elina Svitolina vs. Jessica Pegula
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Clara Burel: 6-1, 6-1
• Daria Kasatkina (13) beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea (30) beat Elena Rybakina (4): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4
• Belinda Bencic (15) beat Lin Zhu: 7-6 (1), 2-6, 6-3
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Elise Mertens (32): 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Jennifer Brady: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Jelena Ostapenko (20) beat Bernarda Pera: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 6-0, 6-1
• Xinyu Wang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova (10) beat Taylor Townsend: 7-6, 6-3