No, a day after the confusion that saw the top 10 seeds of American women have been reduced by two. The 6 Madison Keys moved to the third round at Wimbledon on Wednesday with a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 victory over Olga Danilovich.
“I knew I wanted to gain momentum as quickly as possible and try to keep it up,” Keys said in an on-court interview. “I knew she could play really great tennis, so I just wanted to get the lead and run with it.”
In the opening round and the burning heat, the Keys had to fight past Elenaga Briella Redues 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-5.
She spent a quick time on Wednesday, firing 19 winners and finishing the second round match in 75 minutes.
“I definitely felt a little more comfortable today, and all we know and love is cloudy and rainy England.
They are the first women’s majors in the open era when two of the top three seeds lost their opening matches as the women lost their second Kokogoff and third Jessica Pegra on Tuesday.
Keys ’52-18 (.742 Win PCT) Grass tour level record is third highest among active women (minimum 15 games) after Venus Williams (98-26, .790 Win PCT) and Petra Kvitova (74-25, .747 WIN PCT).
In the result of other women’s singles on Wednesday, British Sonay Kartal defeated Bulgarian Victoria Tomova 6-2, 6-2 to reach the third round.
ESPN research contributed to this report.
