No. 3 seed Coco Gauff is out of the Madrid Open after suffering a collapse in the third set and blowing her lead against Madison Keys just when it seemed that she would go on to clinch a comeback win.
On Monday, Gauff took on fellow American Keys in the round-of-16 and she found herself down by a set after blowing a 5-2 first-set lead. Down by a set, Gauff responded by winning the second set and then also went up by a break in the third set and opening a 4-2 lead.
But instead of completing a big comeback win, Gauff ended up losing in three sets as Keys sealed a 7-6 (4) 4-6 6-4 win.
How Keys edged out Gauff?
The first set featured multiple score changes as the match started with Keys breaking Gauff in the opening game but then the No. 3 seed went on to open a 5-2 lead after responding with breaks in the second and sixth games.
Just when it seemed that the first set was over, Gauff suffered back-to-back breaks as Keys then went 6-5 up and had a chance to serve out for the opener. But after Keys failed to serve out for the first set, the opener went into a tie-break.
In the first-set tie-break, the two players were tied to four games apiece before Keys won the next three points to win the opener.
