{"id":6974,"date":"2019-08-18T02:18:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T02:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=6974"},"modified":"2019-08-18T02:18:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T02:18:56","slug":"madison-keys-takes-her-first-cincinnati-championship-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/madison-keys-takes-her-first-cincinnati-championship-title","title":{"rendered":"Madison Keys Takes her First Cincinnati Championship Title"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Madison Keys poses with her trophy after winning the women’s final at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Sunday<\/p><\/div>\n

The Western & Southern Open women\u2019s final was one to remember after top-seeded Ashleigh Barty failed to advance in her semifinal match, one that saw Svetlana Kuznetsova heading into her second final in. However, hoping for a win, Kuznetsova watched a late rally from Madison Keys and had to once again settle for the runner up position.<\/p>\n

Winning the first and second set, Madison Keys won her first Western & Southern<\/a> Open champion 7-5, 7-6 over Svetlana Kuznetsova, and it was a career-high moment for the American player. Commenting to the crowd post-match, Keys said,<\/p>\n

“If you told me this is where I would be a week ago, I would have laughed in your face!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, it was exactly where Madison Keys<\/a> found herself and now sits in the top 10 ranked women layers in the world, a nice position to be in heading into the U.S. Open. Keys managed to fall behind in both the first and second but pulled off late rallies in both to win the first set 7-5 and the second 7-6. It was her second title of the year and little doubt, her biggest, and a solid confidence booster going into the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

WTA<\/strong><\/p>\n