The qualifier Rebecca Marino defeated Madison Keys in the first round of the WTA 1000 National Bank Open in Montreal, Canada. The Canadian qualifier, who is world No 220, won the match with 2-0 (6:3, 6:3) for 66 minutes.
The first set started with the exchange of serving games, but in the fourth game, Rebecca Marino took a break at the service of Madison Keys. This was enough and the only break by the end of the set, which was won by 6:3.
The American Madison Keys, who is 16th seeded in the tournament and world No 22, took an early break and got an advantage of 2:0. However, she lost her next two service games and lost the set with 6:3 again.
The American made a lot of unforced errors and 4 double faults, which brought the victory to the Canadian qualifier Rebecca Marino.
This is the second consecutive early elimination for Madison Keys in the last weeks, after losing from Chinese Shuai Zhang in the second round of the WTA 500 Silicon Valley Classic.
