Wimbledon, England — The American Madison Keys didn’t let sick enemies and furnace-like conditions get distracted from winning a 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-5 victory over Elena Gabriella Tars in the first round of Wimbledon on Monday.
“It’s a really tough game,” Keys said courtside, wiping beads of sweat from his face and shoulders. “She played really well. Obviously, she was a pretty toast here and there, so she was struggling with some issues.
The hope of expanding Keys’ perfect 10-0 first-round record seemed at risk when her Romanian rival bagged her first set with a hot shot from the baseline.
However, despite having an ice towel wrapped around his neck during the changeover, the intense heat appeared to be a scheming in the second set. She called out to trainers who had escorted her from the court for treatment from Romanians after checking her blood pressure.
After nearly ten minutes of breaks, Australia’s Open Champion Keys chose to stay in the zone as they waited for their opponent to return to the court.
Following 5-3, she smashed a 90-degree fever, causing even more trouble as she clenched her right thigh and was hit by convulsions and collapsed to the ground.
Once she was relieved of the pain, World No. 58 went back to her feet and leveled the set 5-5, two games away from defeating the sixth species.
Key then rolled up four games in a row to win the second set, giving him a 2-0 lead in the third set.
As far as Ruse is concerned, times of despair sought hopeless measures. It further faced the breakpoint and shook the armpit serve, which surprised the key as he landed on the outer edge of the line.
If the 30-year-old had secured a double break, it could have been a game over due to a ruse. Instead, the Keys broke when they went out to the game 5-4, doubled on the net after hitting the ball to hit the ball at breakpoints.
However, it proved to be Ruse’s last Hurray. After just two games, the Keys wins, and next will face Serbian Olga Danilovich.
2024 runner-up No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini came from the set to beat Latvia’s Anastasyasevastova 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Sebastova, 35, made his first appearance at Wimbledon since 2021 after maternity leave and injury, and benefited from Paolini’s 13 powerful errors on the first set.
The pair swapped breaks twice in the second set, but Perini grabbed momentum as Sebastova began to get tired.
Sebastova made a medical timeout before the third set, but Paolini rattled three games in a row, comfortably moving on to the second round meeting with Russia’s 80th place Kamila Rakimova.
Katie Boulter pleased Center Court home cloud as Britton knocked out No. 9 seed Paula Badosa 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, fighting to reach the second round.
Japan’s Naomi Osaka survived a tough test from Australia’s Talia Gibson, winning 6-4, 7-6 (4) to reach the second round.
No. 13 Amanda Anisimova and No. 31 Ashlyn Krueger were among the Americans taking part in the keys to advance to the second round. Other seeded winners on Monday include No. 12 Diana Schneider, No. 14 Erina Subitrina, No. Beatrice Haddad Maia of 21, No. 22 Donna Bekic, No. It included 29 Leila Fernandez and 30th Linda Noskova.
Other seedling players who will lose in the first round include No. 20 Jelena Ostapenko and American McCartney Kessler (No. 32).
Kokogoff, who left his second major title, will play on Tuesday on centre court against DayanayaStremska.
Reuters contributed to this report.
