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WOMEN'S UPDATE: Sixth seed Keys upset by Zarazua at US Open

football25 August 2025 19:31| © AFP
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Sixth seed Madison Keys was sent tumbling out of the US Open on Monday, losing in straight sets to lowly ranked Mexican player Renata Zarazua.

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Reigning Australian Open champion Keys bowed out after an attritional battle with Zarazua, who prevailed 6-7 (10/12), 7-6 (7/3), 7-5.

Zarazua, ranked 82 in the world, took advantage of Keys' problems with her service game to claim an impressive win.

Keys gave up 14 double faults and was broken six times as Zarazua battled into a second-round meeting with France's Diane Parry.

Keys' defeat comes after a solid season in Grand Slams following her maiden victory at the Australian Open in January. She reached the quarterfinals at the French Open before progressing to the third round at Wimbledon.

Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko was brought down to earth with a straight sets first round defeat to Barbora Krejcikova at the US Open on Monday.

Mboko, the 22nd seed who turns 19 on Tuesday, bowed out of the tournament after losing 6-3, 6-2.

The early exit comes just three weeks after Mboko celebrated her first WTA title with victory at the Canadian Open in Montreal.

Two-time Grand Slam singles champion Krejcikova will face Japan's Moyuka Uchijima in the second round.

Elsewhere on Monday, two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova brought the curtain down on her professional career with a 6-1, 6-0 defeat to France's Diane Parry.

The 35-year-old Czech had already announced she planned to hang up her racket after the US Open.

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