Sixth-seeded Madison Keys recorded a 6-4, 6-2 win over Olga Danilovic on Wednesday to advance to the third round at Wimbledon.
After outlasting Elena-Gabriela Ruse in a grueling, three-set match in sweltering conditions on Monday, Keys needed just 75 minutes to dismiss her Serbian foe.
“I definitely felt a little bit more comfortable today — it’s the cloudy, rainy England that we know and love, so that helped a lot … felt a little bit more normal out here today,” Keys said during her on-court interview.
Keys, who won the Australian Open earlier this year, fired three aces, had 19 winners and overcame seven double to emerge victorious.
“I knew that I wanted to get the momentum as early as I could and try to keep it,” Keys said. “I knew that she could play really great tennis, so just wanted to get a lead and then run with it.”
Keys set up a third-round match with 29th-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada or Laura Siegemund of Germany, who squared off later Wednesday.
–Field Level Media
