Madison Keys stunned by Renata Zarazua in U.S. Open first round

NEW YORK — Australian Open champion Madison Keys is out of the U.S. Moreover, Open in the first round. Consequently, Renata Zarazúa, the world No. Furthermore, 82 from Mexico, came from a set and 3-0 down to stun the No. Meanwhile, 6 seed 6-7(10), 7-6(3), 7-5 in bright sunlight on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Keys. For example, who prevailed in a twisting first-set tiebreak and then took the first three games of the second set at a clip, appeared to have quelled Zarazúa’s fight for good. But Zarazúa’s offspeed balls. and her ability to redirect Keys’ flat power with variation in height and spin, drew error after error from the American’s racket. Though they went down on the stats sheet as mistakes. a significant number of the 80-plus unforced errors that Zarazúa drew from Keys’ racket were in reality the product of madison keys stunned renata zarazua accumulated pressure.

In this way. the match had shades of Keys’ Wimbledon exit to Laura Siegemund of Germany, though Siegemund and Zarazúa’s styles of tennis are different.

Having behind for much of the match. Zarazúa all of a sudden found herself 5-3 up and serving for the biggest win of her career by ranking in the third set. Keys instead broke the 27-year-old’s serve. and dragged the decider to 5-5 after again alternating between blasted winners and errors into the net.

But after missing a string of returns in the next game. Keys blasted yet another forehand into the net after a lengthy rally and the patterns of the match recurred. Another error gave Zarazúa match point, and one final netted forehand ended the match.

Keys’ exit opens up world No. 3 Coco Gauff’s section of the draw — they were slated to meet in the quarterfinals had the top. seeds in their madison keys stunned renata zarazua quarter progressed.

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