PARIS — Madison Keys grew to become the fifth American girl to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros this year by coming again to conquer Elena Rybakina 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3) on Saturday.
This is the 1st 12 months that the French Open up is utilizing third-set tiebreakers in women’s matches and fifth-set tiebreakers for adult men. The four Grand Slam tournaments all agreed this time to adopt a uniform technique of 1st-to-10-points, gain-by-two tiebreakers in choosing sets.
The 22nd-seeded Keys was the runner-up at the 2017 U.S. Open and bought to the semifinals at the French Open up the pursuing year. She is again in the fourth spherical for the very first time given that 2019.
She now faces No. 29 Veronika Kudermetova.
The 16th-seeded Rybakina beat Serena Williams at Roland Garros very last yr on the way to the quarterfinals, her best end at a Grand Slam match.
Jessica Pegula, Sloane Stephens, Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova experienced also earned a location in the subsequent round.
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