INDIAN WELLS, USA \u2013 Sonay Kartal takes on Madison Keys as she bids to reach the fourth round for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n
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Sonay Kartal v Madison Keys [15] | H2H & Match Fundamentals<\/p>\n
Sonay Kartal<\/strong><\/a> seems to have regained a bit of form as she picks up back to back wins in the desert, for the first time since reaching the Abu Dhabu quarter-final. She faces\u00a0Madison Keys<\/strong><\/a> in a night match.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Tale of the Tape \u2013 Key Stats (Hard Courts \u2013 2026)<\/p>\n Not surprisingly Keys bests Kartal on all but one stat, and as such the former Australian Open champion comes in as the favourite, in front of a home night crowd.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Playing Styles & Prediction<\/p>\n The big-striking Keys will want to avoid the need to save as many break-points as she did in her opener, having taken a long break since being bounced out of her title defence in the fourth round in Melbourne.<\/p>\n Kartal, by contrast, saved a match-point and really turned up the pressure in the final set tie-breal to book her sport.<\/p>\n Kartal will have to be at her best in terms of the variety she can bring to the court. Keys will look to dominate with first-strike tennis. Kartal might not have the weapons to out-power the American, so she will need to throw in all her tricks.<\/p>\n Prediction: Keys in three sets.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n How to Watch\/Follow WTA Indian Wells<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ros Satar Sonay Kartal v Madison Keys [15] H2H: Keys leads 1-0 INDIAN WELLS, USA \u2013 Sonay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4105],"tags":[27036,8100,79,1068,16,15,235026],"class_list":["post-815264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-madison-keys","tag-sonay-kartal","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wta-indian-wells"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116201458759481419","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815264","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=815264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n H2H:<\/strong><\/td>\n Sonay Kartal (WR 54)<\/strong><\/td>\n Madison Keys (WR 15)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Tournament Previous Best<\/strong><\/td>\n R16 (2025)<\/strong><\/td>\n SF (2025)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1st Serve Return Points Won %<\/strong><\/td>\n 37.9<\/strong><\/td>\n 40.5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Return Points Won %<\/strong><\/td>\n 44.9<\/strong><\/td>\n 45.3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Break Point Conversion %<\/strong><\/td>\n 50.4<\/strong><\/td>\n 51.9<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Break Points Saved %<\/strong><\/td>\n 52.3<\/strong><\/td>\n 59.2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Overall Service Points Won %<\/strong><\/td>\n 61.5<\/strong><\/td>\n 58.5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n ![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/)
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