If WTA Tour star Madison Keys has a role model, it’s about being good with different people. Its basis is known as “Kindness Wins”. At this week’s Credit Score One Bank Invitational, she is the Staff Kindness captain. And before the Volvo Automobile Open was canceled in April due to a coronavirus pandemic, Keys traveled to Assembly Street Academy in Charleston to deliver her message to elementary students. , even giving kids tennis lessons on the playground. Saturday on Island Daniel, Keys, 25, discovered she needed to minimize a break after missing an opportunity for a 6- lead. 3, 5-Zero to No.4 Sofia Kenin, ranked in the standings, after which, failing to cash in on the match level, the Keys, 13th in the standings, finally reasserted themselves in the tie-break of the match. for a 6-3, 5-7 (10-2) win at LTP Daniel Island. The triumph in the battle of the top-ranked players in the 16-team discipline on the One Bank Invitational credit score gave Keys seven straight wins at the Volvo Automobile Open Stadium, as well as his run to the VCO Championship last year.

Keys unleashed his very efficient serve and a few backhand winners to build a giant lead, and had a breaking level for a 6-3, 5-Zero lead over Kenin, the defending Australian Open champion. However, she was unable to convert and then took a long, game-level forehand to Kenin’s serve in Game 9 of the second set. However, Keys recovered in the 10-point tie-break, scoring 10 of 12 points. I think knowing that the factors I lost weren’t essentially unhealthy factors, I had to give myself a little grace, ”said Keys, who won 5 singles titles on the WTA Tour and was ranked seventh. on the ground. “I don’t really have these great moments under my belt right now, and I want to be sure that these games will prove useful when the Tour returns. So I tried not to be too tiring on myself. Admittedly, Saturday’s game looked a lot like Keys’ first game in the Credit Score One Bank Invitational, a 16-man squad hosted by Volvo Automobile Open owner Ben Navarro and game director Bob Moran. The exhibit is intended as a return to tennis after the coronavirus pandemic ended the WTA tour in March, and as a solution to benefit frontline employees at Medical College. In her opener against No.134 Caroline Dolehide, built three big leads before finally making the third for a 6-1, 6-7 (6), 10-4 win in another decisive game. “Unfortunately, it occurred to me this week,” Keys mentioned. “While you play someone like Sofia, you understand that she’s going to take the stage when that happens, and she or he did that positively at the end of the second set. But I thought I had a tie. -break pretty clear, and I was quite happy placing three factors for my squad. ”Keys’ victory downplays Staff Peace’s 14-13 result against his own staff friendliness. Later Saturday, Charleston Shelby Rogers was scheduled to play for Staff Kindness towards Staff Peace captain Bethanie Mattek-Sands. On Sunday, the 16 players, along with Rogers and her Charleston colleagues Emma Navarro and Alison Riske, will take part in 4 doubles matches to determine the squad winner. opportunity. Each doubles match will likely be worth three factors

Saturday Matches Madison Keys (Staff Kindness) d. Sofia Kenin (Staff Peace), 6-3, 5-7 (10-2) Ajla Tomljanovic / Caroline Dolehide (Staff Peace) d. Leylah Fernandez / Monica Puig (Staff Kindness), 7-6, 7-6 Sloane Stephens (Staff Kindness) vs. Jennifer Brady (Staff Peace) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Staff Peace) vs. Shelby Rogers (Staff Kindness)

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