Madison Keys announces sad news after beating Venus Williams in Montreal © Provided by Tennis World USA
Madison Keys was forced to withdraw from the Montreal tournament due to a hip injury after beating Venus Williams. On Monday, World No. 15 Keys beat Williams 6-2 7-5 in the first round in Montreal.
The next day, Keys announced that she was withdrawing from Montreal due to her hip injury. In the second round of Montreal, Keys was scheduled to face Jasmine Paolini. “Unfortunately, I had to withdraw from @OBNmontreal due to my hip injury.
Thank you Montreal for your support this year and thank you all for the kind messages. See you soon,” Keys announced.
Keys beat Williams before retiring from Montreal
On Monday, Keys started her tournament in Montreal by defeating seven-time Grand Slam champion Williams.
In the opener of the match against Williams, Keys earned a break and got off to a positive start. Leading 2-0 against Williams, Keys got a break point to lead from a double break but failed to convert the ball as the ex-world No. scoreboard. In the seventh game, Keys broke Williams again to take a 5-2 lead.
With a double break lead, Keys served for the first set in the eighth game. After easily winning the first set, Keys struggled early in the second set. In the second game of the second set, Williams had his first break points of the match, but Keys saved a total of three break points to level the set at one game all.
In the seventh game, Keys made the first break of the second set by breaking Williams to lead 4-3. In the tenth game, while Keys was serving for the match, she missed seven match points, with Williams making the break for equalize the second set at five games everywhere.
However, Keys managed to stay focused by breaking Williams again in the 11th game and serving for the match in the next game.
2023-08-10 05:00:48
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