Keys joins American march into US Open fourth round

New York (Reuters): Roared on by a raucous crowd as the rain tapped on the closed roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium, Madison Keys claimed a 2-6 6-4 6-1 win over Russian Elena Vesnina in the early hours of Sunday to reach the fourth round of the US Open.

Madison Keys of the US reacts after winning her third round match against Elena Vesnina of Russia - Reuters

In a match that ended at 1:46 a.m. local time (0546 GMT), the 15th-seeded American recovered from a woeful start to down 17th seed Vesnina and set up a meeting with Elina Svitolina.

Svitolina downed local favourite Shelby Rogers 6-4 7-5 but there will still be five Americans in the women’s last 16, with Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens, Jennifer Brady and CoCo Vandeweghe also through. Brady battled to a 6-3 4-6 7-6(3) defeat of Monica Niculescu, while Vandeweghe beat 10th seed Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5 4-6 6-4.