Liudmila Samsonova vs Madison Keys Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA US Open

Prediction published on 02/09/2023, 04:14  by Joseph King | Modified on 02/09/2023 at 06:22 in Tennis Predictions

The 2023 WTA US Open continues in the third round with 14th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova taking on 17h-seed Madison Keys. A round four meeting with either third-seed Jessica Pegula or 26th-seeded Elina Svitolina awaits the winner of this contest. Liudmila Samsonova was able to overcome the unseeded pair of Claire Liu and 75th-ranked Tamara Korpatsch in straight sets to advance to this stage. The 24-year-old is in a good vein of form at the moment. She made a semi-final appearance at the Mubadala Citi DC Open and a runner-up finish in the Omnium Banque Nationale, both in the month of August. The string of results means that Samsonova has now won 10 of her last 13 outings. It has also improved her hard court record in the calendar year 19 wins and 11 losses as the Russian has looked sharp playing on this surface.

Her opponent is the WTA 17th-ranked Madison Keys who will be hoping to claim the US Open for the first time on home soil. The American previously made the final in the 2017 edition, only to finish as the runner-up to Sloane Stephens. Keys advanced to this stage of the tournament with relative ease after two straight sets wins over Rus and Wickmayer. It was a much-needed string of victories for the 28-year-old who had previously been eliminated in the first round of the Cincinnati Open and the second round of the Omnium Banque Nationale. Overall, Keys has now won three and lost three in her last six appearances. Her strongest run of the year came in June and July where she won the Eastbourne Open and made a run to the quarter-final of Wimbledon. On the year,