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Patna : World No 18 Madison Keys, 24, USA, upset World No 4 and reigning Wimbledon Champion Simona Halep, 27, Romania, in Round of 16 of Cincinnati Open at Ohio, USA, to enter the quarter-finals of the tournament. World No 153 Svetlana Kuznetsova, 34, Russia, too stunned former US Open Champion and World No 10 Sloane Stephens, 26, USA, crushing her 6-1, 6-2 in Round of 16 to reach quarter-finals of the event. Kuznetsova had won US Open women’s singles title in 2004.
Keys, the 16th seed, beat 4th seed Halep 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 in 3rd round on August 16, 2019, early morning. Keys, the 2017 US Open finalist, won 6 break points in the match to 4 by Halep. The American fired 10 Aces in the match to 3 by the Romanian. She won 5 games in a row in the match to 3 by Halep. Keys had defeated 2017 Wimbledon Champion Garbine Muguruza, Spain, in first round. She will face World No 65 and five-time former Wimbledon and two-time former US Open ChampionVenus Williams, 39, USA, in QFs.
World No 1 and 2nd seed Naomi Osaka beat World No 30 Hsieh Su-wei, 33, Taiwan, in three sets 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 in Round of 16 to reach QFs. Osaka fired 16 Aces in the match to just 1 by Hsieh. Osaka won 5 break points to 4 by Hsieh. Osaka also won 5 games in a row in the match to 3 by Hsieh.
World No 3 Karolina Pliskova, 27, Czech Republic, beat World No 74 Rebecca Peterson, 24, Sweden, 7-5, 6-4 in Round of 16 to enter QFs.