{"id":30164,"date":"2026-07-02T07:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/30164\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T07:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:36:12","slug":"tennis-wimbledon-2026-katie-swan-takes-on-keys-as-she-bids-for-a-spot-in-the-third-round-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/30164\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis | Wimbledon 2026 | Katie Swan takes on Keys as she bids for a spot in the third round for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Ros Satar<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Katie Swan [W] v Madison Keys [26]<\/li>\n<li>H2H: Keys 2-0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 Katie Swan helped save Britain\u2019s blushes on a more successful second day, and earns herself another Wimbledon match-up against Madison Keys.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Katie Swan [W] v Madison Keys [26] | H2H &amp; Match Fundamentals<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"300\">Katie Swan [W] v Madison Keys [26]<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">H2H: First Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"300\">Wimbledon<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"300\">Grass<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">Prize Money: \u00a3126,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"300\">First on No. 1 Court, at 1pm BST<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">Across BBC, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>An emotional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/wplayer.cgi?p=KatieSwan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Katie Swan<\/a> won at Wimbledon for the first time since 2018, and she faces two-time Wimbledon quarter-finalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/wplayer.cgi?p=MadisonKeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Madison Keys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tale of the Tape \u2013 Key Stats (2026)<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">H2H:<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">Katie Swan (WR 196)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">Madison Keys (WR 22)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">Tournament Previous Best<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">R2 (2018)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">QF (2015, 2023)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1st Serve Return Points Won %<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">8.5<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">40.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">Return Points Won %<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">23.8<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">45.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">Break Point Conversion %<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">0.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">46.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">Break Points Saved %<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">57.1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">61.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">Overall Service Points Won %<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">65.9<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"200\">60.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Swan\u2019s return game is very weak in comparison to Keys, which will make her vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr class=\"row-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectedclubs.co.uk\/?wpam_id=24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-56592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-56592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/><\/a><\/tr>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Playing Styles &amp; Prediction<\/p>\n<p>It was a pinch-me moment for Katie Swan to advance to the second round for the second time, having struggled for years with many injury issues. She had even considered coaching for a while, but she will walk out onto No. 1 Court to face Madison Keys.<\/p>\n<p>Keys has a game built for grass and has lifted the titles in Birmingham and in Eastbourne three times including this season. Keys did have to come from behind to book her spot in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>Swan will have fervent support, as the only British female left standing in the women\u2019s singles, but Keys\u2019 experience and power will be too much for this year\u2019s \u2018plucky\u2019 Brit.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Keys in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch\/Follow Wimbledon<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">TV<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">Across BBC, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">Live Stream\/Reporting<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BBC Sport<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ros Satar Katie Swan [W] v Madison Keys [26] H2H: Keys 2-0 LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 Katie Swan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4492,751,28,285],"class_list":["post-30164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-katie-swan","tag-madison-keys","tag-tennis","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}