The Brazilian found himself dominated by the aggressiveness of the American number 24 in the world
After great performances in recent weeks with the title in Seoul, South Korea, the quarterfinals at the US Open and the final in Cleveland, Bia Haddad Maia, world number 12, did not maintain her good level in the early hours this Monday.
The native of Sao Paulo was beaten by the American Madison Keys, seeded 18th and 24th in the world, by 2 sets to 0 with a double 6/3 after 1h26min in a duel played on the Capital Diamond central court of the WTA 1000 complex in Beijing, China.
The Brazilian starts well, opens 2-0 with an excellent first game, with great responses, forcing her opponent to make mistakes, but Keys immediately enters the game, transforming it into 3-2 and Bia begins to make mistakes and finds herself put to tight with the opponent’s aggressive play. Keys closed the first set in 41 minutes with a further break and in the second she took a 3-0 lead with two breaks. Bia responded to one with a beautiful volley and the next one tied the game and cheered up the Brazilian fans. But from then on the errors returned, Keys broke again, opened 5-3 and finished the victory with another break on his fourth match point, his second victory in three matches against Haddad Maia on the circuit world.
The match numbers showed the Brazilian very passive, throwing only seven winners and missing ten while Keys launched 29 winners and missed 18 in the match, scoring 64 to 50 points for the Sao Paulo native.
With the defeat, the third in the last 16 matches, Bia’s streak of five consecutive victories after the WTA 500 title in the South Korean capital was interrupted and postponed her dream of returning to the top 10. At least the quarterfinals were missing this week .
Now the Sao Paulo native’s commitment will be the WTA 1000 in Wuhan, again in China, in singles. She continues in the doubles to the round of 16 together with the German Laura Siegemund.
Source: Terra
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