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

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.

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):

• Harriet Dart vs. Xinyu Wang
• Ons Jabeur vs. Elina Svitolina
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Elena Rybakina vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Danielle Collins vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Bernarda Pera vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Iga Swiatek vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Sonay Kartal vs. Coco Gauff
• Emma Raducanu vs. Maria Sakkari
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Donna Vekic: friday
• Emma Navarro (19) beat Diana Shnaider: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Paula Badosa: friday
• Jasmine Paolini beat Bianca Andreescu: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Lulu Sun (Q) beat Lin Zhu: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6)