By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Monday, June 2, 2025
Photo Credit: Tony Chang/Chang Photos
Madison Keys Beyond a growing American talent to reserve its place in Roland Garros’s quarter -finals.
Next to: Coco Gauff, The highest American woman listed.
Nr. Kysesels of defeated seeds defeated Hailey baptiste 6-3, 7-5 in the fourth round to return to the last eight in Paris for the third time in her career.
The keys, who crashed IgA swiatek AND Nr. 1 and Saballen To capture her main daughter in Australian Open in January, she is still hunting to complete a rare Grand Slam calendar if she will win the title in Paris.
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“Certainly still happy they were here. Things were so close that they could go as possible,” Keys then, referring to the savings of the three points of match in her previous match with Sofia Kenin. “I think you play a little cheaper when you know this, but also, great opportunities today to get it and make another quarter -finals here.”
“So a little bit of both. A little grateful to be on the tournament, but also a kind of simply knowing the opportunity I had today, wanting to go out and play really strong and make sure I took advantage of it.”
Keysels enjoyed a comfortable first set, while its less experienced opponent seemed to find its shape. Baptiste, who said Clay is her favorite surface, quickly found it in the second set. Baptiste enjoyed an early service break, but then played a poor game to remove her service in love for 2-3.
Later in Set, Baptist, 23, kept neck and neck with keys and looked potentially ready to force a decision maker. Baptiste, showing a powerful game of all the judiciary, served its 5-4 way in the set as the keys simply lost a return of money while carrying a resting point. Keys’ experience was then shown in the next match. After the keys kept for 5 of all, she brought the pressure back to the Baptist service.
By tearing an advanced 97 MPH winner, Keys quickly found themselves in 15-40. She then hit another big line winner to secure the break for 6-5. The keys, serving for the match, left a resting point before finally sealing the victory with a premature winner of the intersection.
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Next is a well -known friendly enemy in no. 2 seed Coco Gauff.
This will be their sixth career meeting and first since Madrid in 2024. Keys Feels Guff is at its best in Clay.
“I think Coco is definitely pretty predominant in clay. I would say it’s probably its best surface to play,” Keys the media told Paris. “Obvious is definitely a big challenge. I think for me it will be a lot about trying to balance the continuation of things, but knowing with its ability to cover the court, you will have to win the point many times before it really ends.
“So I think it’s always one of the most complicated things when you are playing someone moving just like it. Then you also have the threat to it if at some point you lose control of the point, it will be the aggressor.
“So I think the biggest thing is the balance of going for things, but with enough difference that is a repeated ball, shot after the goal.”
Knowing and playing against Guff, 21, for some time now, Keys, 30, is still impressed how the young American is able to handle all the pressure and attention he receives.
“I’m always really impressed with the fact that she treats her so well because she has had even more success and more media attention than the church, and I know it was definitely really difficult for me to treat it,” Keys said. “I feel like looking at it, and it just takes it all in step and continues to be only 100% of it, and I’m always really impressed by it.”
