{"id":56441,"date":"2025-04-28T03:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/56441\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T03:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:42:09","slug":"madison-keys-joins-serena-williams-and-venus-williams-in-exclusive-group-after-her-latest-win-at-the-madrid-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/56441\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison Keys joins Serena Williams and Venus Williams in exclusive group after her latest win at the Madrid Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Madison Keys has continued her impressive start at the Madrid Open, with the American reaching the round of 16.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/coco-gauff-and-madison-keys-react-on-social-media-after-jessica-pegula-wins-the-charleston-open-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keys loved seeing Jessica Pegula win in Charleston<\/a> earlier this month, where the former fell in the round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Second seed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/madison-keys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keys<\/a> lost to Anna Kalinskaya at the Charleston Open, with the pair having now been brought together at the Madrid Open.<\/p>\n<p>And it was the fifth seed who enacted her revenge, with the American winning 7-5, 7-6(7-3) against the Russian 30th seed.<\/p>\n<p>Keys now meets Donna Vekic in the round of 16, having won her opener at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTA<\/a> 1000 event 6-4, 6-3 against Lucia Bronzetti.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211466469-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Robert Prange\/Getty Images\" \/>Photo by Robert Prange\/Getty ImagesMadison Keys joins Serena Williams and Venus Williams after latest Madrid Open win<\/p>\n<p>And the Australian Open champion should be full of confidence after her latest success, which represents a 100th win at WTA 1000 events.<\/p>\n<p>As per OptaAce, she is the third American to reach that milestone, following Serena Williams (148) and Venus Williams (112).<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/wta-mutua-madrid-open-2025-how-to-watch-top-players-prize-money-predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTA Madrid Open 2025 \u2013 how to watch, top players, prize money &amp; predictions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, with 24 wins on clay, Keys has overtaken Venus Williams on that specific list, and is now behind only Serena Williams.<\/p>\n<p>What is the head-to-head record between Madison Keys and Donna Vekic?<\/p>\n<p>Keys has enjoyed a stunning career so far at the age of 30, with an 11th WTA Tour title currently being eyed at the Madrid Open.<\/p>\n<p>She is already a two-time champion in 2025, securing the title in Adelaide before that unforgettable Australian Open triumph.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/john-isner-picks-the-mens-tennis-tournament-which-the-wta-would-love-to-have-on-their-schedule-as-well\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Isner picks the men\u2019s tennis tournament which the WTA \u2018would love to have\u2019 on their schedule as well<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Such success has helped her rise the WTA Tour rankings, with Keys currently fifth in the world, a career-high.<\/p>\n<p>The experienced American has enjoyed a superb revival in recent times, with further glory certainly on the cards in the near future.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Croatian ace Vekic currently stands in her way of progressing at the Madrid Open, but Keys certainly has history on her side.<\/p>\n<p>She boasts a 3-1 head-to-head record against Vekic, which includes a round of 16 win at Indian Wells last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madison Keys has continued her impressive start at the Madrid Open, with the American reaching the round of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[27036,22484,10095,79,1068,16,15,14935,5069],"class_list":{"0":"post-56441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-madison-keys","9":"tag-madrid-open","10":"tag-serena-williams","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-venus-williams","16":"tag-wta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114413524995506955","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}