No, a day after the confusion that saw the top 10 seeds of American women have been reduced by two. The 6 Madison Keys moved to the third round at Wimbledon on Wednesday with a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 victory over Olga Danilovich.
“I knew I wanted to gain momentum as quickly as possible and try to keep it up,” Keys said in an on-court interview. “I knew she could play really great tennis, so I just wanted to get the lead and run with it.”
Amid the opening round and burnt temperatures, the Keys had to compete past the Elenaga Briella Redues 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-5.
She had a quick time on Wednesday. The numbers were pretty even, but Key fired 19 winners at Danilovich’s 15, while Danilovich made a slightly unforced error, but Keyes’ consistency never made her seem at risk of upsetting.
She finished the second round match in 75 minutes.
“I definitely felt a little more comfortable today, and all we know and love is cloudy and rainy England.
They are the first women’s majors in the open era when two of the top three seeds lost their opening matches as the women lost their second Kokogoff and third Jessica Pegra on Tuesday.
Keys ’52-18 (.742 win rate) Grass’ tour level record is third highest among active women (minimum 15 matches) (98-26, .790 Win PCT) and Petrakvitova (74-25, .747 win rate).
She wants to be the first woman since Serena Williams to win the Australian Open and Wimbledon in the same season.
Next up is Laura Sigemund from Germany. He has already achieved his best results at Wimbledon by reaching the third round.
ESPN research and Reuters contributed to this report.