Madison Keys of the U.S. reacts throughout her girls’s singles third spherical match towards Laura Siegemund of Germany on the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 4, 2025.(AP Photograph/Alastair Grant)
Australian Open champion Madison Keys grew to become the newest star to crash out of Wimbledon because the American sixth seed was surprised by Laura Siegemund on Friday.
Keys slumped to a 6-3, 6-3 loss towards the German world quantity 104 within the third spherical on Courtroom Two.
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The 30-year-old is the fifth participant among the many prime six seeds within the girls’s draw to undergo a shock exit from this yr’s match.
Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Jasmine Paolini and Zheng Qinwen had already bowed out, although world primary Aryna Sabalenka continues to be alive.
Keys, who beat Sabalenka to clinch her maiden Grand Slam crown in Melbourne in January, is but to make it previous the quarter-finals in 11 visits to the All England Membership.
“I do know what I can do, and I do know what I can not do.”
Laura Siegemund stored it actual following her 3R win over Madison Keys 💭#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/r1ze4rzmpy
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She made 31 unforced errors in a lacklustre show towards Siegemund.
It was a depressing option to spend the fourth of July for Keys whereas her compatriots celebrated the Independence Day vacation again in the US.
Siegemund, who beat former US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez within the second spherical, is thru to the Wimbledon final 16 for the primary time.
At 37, she is the oldest participant left within the girls’s match, along with her finest Grand Slam singles run coming when she made the French Open quarter-finals in 2020.
“Whenever you beat an incredible participant like Madison you must be actually blissful,” mentioned Siegemund. “I managed to maintain my nerve ultimately. In the event you don’t have nerves on this second you might be most likely useless.
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“It was an enormous alternative. You simply take a deep breath and bear in mind your technique.
“All the women on the tour are perfectionists. I’m the identical however there was no stress for me. I don’t really feel like I have to show something anymore.”
