Madrid Open: Third seed Gauff ousted by resurgent Keys
Madison Keys edged out Coco Gauff 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 on Monday. She’ll face Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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No 18 seed Madison Keys edged out No 3 seed Coco Gauff 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Monday.
Keys, ranked No 20, will play Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, Madison Keys won against Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)) and Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 15 seed (6-2, 6-3).
Gauff, ranked No 3, beat Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus (6-0, 6-0) and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 31 seed (6-4, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.
Madrid WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Danielle Collins vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Sara Bejlek vs. Elena Rybakina
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Mirra Andreeva beat Jasmine Paolini (12): 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-1, 6-0
- Ons Jabeur beat Jelena Ostapenko (9): 6-0, 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Maria Sakkari (5): 6-4, 6-4
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