Madison Keys defeats Kostyuk, moves into last 16 at Wimbledon for the 5th time

Madison Keys beat Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 6-3 on Friday and will play Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 7 seed, in the next round

Madison Keys Wimbledon 2023 – Action Plus / Panoramic

Tennis Majors

July 5, 2024

Wimbledon •Third round • completed

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M. KostyukvsM. Keys

American Madison Keys, the No 12 seed, defeated Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 18 seed, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.

Keys has now reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon five times, and she has achieved the feat 20 times in her Grand Slam career.

20 – Since 2015, when Madison Keys reached her first round of 16 in Grand Slams, she is the only player to reach the fourth round of Majors on 20 occasions; 2 more than the next best Halep and S. Williams. Accomplish. #Wimbledon | @Wimbledon @WTA @WTA_insider pic.twitter.com/MbKkZvQUvG
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) July 5, 2024

Keys, ranked No 13, will face Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 7 seed, next.

She fired 27 winners and won 16 of 22 net points against the Ukrainian, and saved the only break piont she faced.

Two-time Wimbledon quarter-finalist Keys has now notched 64 top-20 wins in her career.

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The American won against Italian Martina Trevisan (6-4, 7-6 (4)) and Chinese Yafan Wang (6-2, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of The Championships, Kostyuk, ranked No 19, beat Slovak Rebecca Sramkova (6-3, 6-2) and edged out Australian Daria Saville (4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4).

London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):