Keys defeats Wozniacki for first time to claim Charleston title

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FILE PHOTO: Tennis: Miami Open
FILE PHOTO: Mar 21, 2019; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Madison Keys of the United States hits a backhand against Samantha Stosur of Australia (not pictured) in the second round of the Miami Open at Miami Open Tennis Complex. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

April 7, 2019

(Reuters) – Madison Keys overpowered Caroline Wozniacki 7-6(5) 6-3 to win the Charleston Open and defeat the former world number one for the first time on Sunday.

The win, on clay court, broke a nearly two-year drought for the eighth seeded American, who claimed her fourth career title.

Her previous two losses to Wozniacki had been on hard courts when Keys failed to win a set.

The big-serving Keys trailed 5-6 in the opening set before forcing the tiebreak, which remained close until 4-3 when the fifth-seeded Wozniacki double faulted.

Keys won the next point but twice had backhand errors to allow Wozniacki to pull within 6-5.

A backhand down the line enabled Keys to finally claim the set.

Keys broke Wozniacki in the sixth game of the second set to go up 4-2 and when she made it 5-2 that all but clinched the match.

(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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