Madison Keys, sixth seeded, recorded a 6-4 and 6-2 victory against Olga Danilovic on Wednesday to go to the third round in Wimbledon.
After surviving Elena-Gabriela Ruse in an exhausting match of three sets in stifling conditions on Monday, Keys only needed 75 minutes to reject his Serbian enemy.
“I really felt a little more comfortable today – it is the cloudy and rainfall England that we know and love, which helped a little more … I felt a little more normal here today,” said Keys during his interview on the field.
Keys, who won the Australian Open earlier this year, drew three AS, had 19 winners and overcome seven double faults to go out victorious.
“I knew I wanted to take the momentum as soon as possible and try to keep it,” said Keys. “I knew she could play very great tennis, so I just wanted to take a lead and then run with it.”
Keys organized a third round match with Laura Siegemund, German, who posted a 6-2, 6-3 victory against the seeded n ° 29 Leylah Fernandez of Canada.
Aryna Sabalenka, seeded, fought a difficult first set to record a 7-6 (4) and 6-4 victory against Marie Bouzkova Czech. The Bidaruss scored five aces and had 41 winners against only 18 unl forced errors.
Sabalenka was happy to move forward in the tournament and avoid the fate of Coco Gauff, second seeded, Jessica Pegula, third seeded, and Qinwen Zheng, fifth seed of China. The last three players have been eliminated from the tournament.
“Honestly, it’s very sad to see so many better players lose in the first round, but you better focus on yourself and stay away from the results,” said Sabalenka in his interview on the field.
She then lightened the atmosphere with a joke.
“I hope there are no more upheavals in this tournament,” said the seed player.
Sabalenka, who bids his first Wimbledon title, will face Wednesday’s winner of the 2023 Champion Marketa Vondrousova, a Czech and local favorite Emma Raducanu.
Also Wednesday, Spanish Cristina Bucsa crossed a 6-1, 6-3 victory against the seeded n ° 22 Donna Vekic de Croatia. Sonay Kartal, from Great Britain, has also exceeded Bulgarians Viktoriya Tomova in two sets.
– field level media