Madison Keys had extra reason to celebrate her Fourth of July victory over fellow American Amanda Anisimova at Wimbledon on Saturday — it was her first ever match on the fabled Centre Court.
Centre Court Debut
Keys, the 26th seed, had never struck a ball on the sport’s most famous arena in 11 previous visits but it was worth the wait as she won 3-6 6-2 6-3 to reach the fourth round.
“I’m glad that I finally got to check that off of the list,” the 31-year-old former Australian Open champion told reporters when asked if it had been on her bucket list.
Keys found out that she would face sixth seed Anisimova when the order of play was published on Friday.
Keys will face Czech ninth seed Linda Noskova on Monday as she bids to match her best Wimbledon run.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.