By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday July 2, 2025
4 of the highest 5 seeds failed to achieve the third spherical on the ladies’s facet at Wimbledon, however No.6-seeded Madison Keys is sitting fairly and feeling like luck could also be on her facet at these Championships.
Keys, who was practically ousted in her first-round match towards Spain’s Elena Gabriela Ruse, discovered a approach by way of that worrying encounter from a set down, and on Wednesday she bounced Serbia’s Olga Danilovic to achieve the third spherical at Wimbledon for the ninth time in 11 profession appearances.
She says that watching seeds scatter as they’ve over the primary three days of Wimbledon can positively be unnerving for prime gamers.
“I believe when you find yourself sitting and watching everybody type of fall, it type of provides a bit little bit of stress to the scenario,” she stated. “I used to be fairly shut in my first spherical, so I really feel like I dodged a bullet a bit bit.”
Second-seeded Coco Gauff, third-seeded Jessica Pegula, fourth-seeded Jasmine Paolini and fifth-seeded Zheng Qinwen have all bowed out early, and extra might come earlier than the third spherical begins. After Paolini’s loss to Kamilla Rakhimova on Wednesday, 15 of the 32 ladies’s singles seeds had already been eradicated.
“I actually imagine upsets are contagious,” stated Brad Gilbert, commentating for ESPN. “You can’t assist however really feel what is occurring.”
Keys believes that fatigue is taking part in an element for the highest gamers throughout this significantly gruelling a part of the season that options two majors within the span of 5 weeks.
“Truthfully, I believe everyone seems to be simply type of drained, and the season has been lengthy already,” she stated. “It is onerous. It has been six months. I really feel like we have all performed a whole lot of matches. So clearly the individuals which might be ranked increased, in concept, have performed extra matches than others. It is a marathon, not a dash. There’s sure to be sooner or later within the season the place individuals have dips.”
However Keys, who will face 37-year-old Laura Siegemund within the third spherical on Friday, is feeling just like the worst is likely to be behind her.
“I really feel like getting by way of that was type of my very own private battle that I needed to type of get by way of [was important],” she stated. “I really feel like as soon as I used to be in a position to do this, even seeing all the outcomes which have type of occurred the final two days, type of provides a bit bit to the nerves, however I really feel like for myself I type of really feel like I already acquired previous it a bit bit.
“So, yeah, I really feel like now I’ve a possibility to type of play a few of my greatest tennis.”
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