Madison Keys stuns Iga Swiatek for first win over reigning World No 1

Madison Keys claimed arguably the biggest match win of her career when she stunned World No 1 Iga Swiatek in the third round of the Western & Southern Open on Thursday.

Keys swept to a straight sets victory against Swiatek, who looked far from her best.

The World No 1 saved four match points but ultimately wasn’t able to mount her comeback and add to her tally of 50 wins for the season.

Keys would win ten games on the bounce in a crucial middle period of the match after Swiatek had established led 3-2 in the first set albeit still on serve.

With Keys threatening to bagel Swiatek, the 20-year-old Pole rallied to claim 11 of 12 points to get back within a single break of effectively restoring parity in the second set.

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Swiatek did get the break, however, she was unable to hold serve to consolidate her position and suffered defeat after Keys broke back to claim the match.

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“I was really just thinking that I had to focus a lot on why I got in the position of being up 5-Love. I think I backed off a little bit, and I think she started playing better,” Keys said.

“I just knew that I was going to have to try to put some pressure on her early in the game just to kind of also make her aware of the situation. All of a sudden it’s 5-4 and she feels like she has to hold that game. So just really trying to swing at the ball, make sure I was moving