But she lost the next point and it went to deuce.

She made her first unforced error of the match when she burried a forehand into the net and went on to take the next two points. Two more unforced errors from Keys and Stephens holds 3-0.Ġ220 hrs IST: Sloane Stephens takes the first game 6-3. Stephens had to wait till her second set point to win. But Stephens gets in a volley at the net to come to 30-all. She then faces resistance in the third game as Keys steps up her attacking forehands. But Stephens bites back, taking the next two points and a volley at the end of a long rally helps her make it deuce.Ġ232 hrs IST: Stephens races to a 2-0 lead in the second set. She then takes a love-30 lead in the second set and the crowd cheers her on. The advantage then turns her way but Keys puts a forehand into the net and its back at Deuce.Ġ240 hrs IST: Keys down a double break point and cuts a frustrated figure after losing the fourth game of the second set. Stephens is back on Championship point but Keys takes it back after a long rally. He will face Roberto Bautista Agut next after the Spanish 11th seed beat Dustin Brown 6-1 6-3 7-6 (7-3).įellow Spaniard, 31st seed Feliciano Lopez, beat compatriot Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1 and will play Roger Federer in round three.0248 hrs IST: 1st Championship point for Sloane Stephens. Keys has competely unraveled here but she holds and denies the Stephens the first time. Gael Monfils, also of France, required five sets to beat American Donald Young 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 2-6 7-5.Īrgentina's Juan Martin del Potro, the 24th seed and 2009 champion, beat Adrian Menendez-Maceiras of Spain 6-2 6-3 7-6 (7-3). The Ukrainian said on Wednesday he gave his 'best effort' in a match at the Winston-Salem Open last week that is being assessed for suspicious betting patterns.Įlsewhere, Austrian sixth seed Dominic Thiem won 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-5 against American Taylor Fritz and will play French 30th seed Adrian Mannarino in the next round.

Pliskova, Svitolina and Ostapenko into third round.

The Ukrainian world number 64 triumphed 3-6 6-1 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 as Berdych hit 57 unforced errors, 12 double faults and had a first-serve percentage of only 45%.ĭolgopolov, 28, will face Victor Troicki in the third round after the Serb beat Italy's Stefano Travaglia 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 6-0. Rublev, who beat British number three Aljaz Bedene in round one on Wednesday, will face Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur next.Ĭzech 15th seed Tomas Berdych lost in four sets to Alexandr Dolgopolov.

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