Charlseton Open: Madison Keys claims first clay court title of career with superb straight-sets win over Caroline Wozniacki

Charleston: Madison Keys claimed the first clay court title of her career on Sunday with a straight sets defeat of Caroline Wozniacki in the final of the Charleston Open. [caption id=“attachment_6407051” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Madison Keys poses after winning the Charleston Open. @MadisonKeys[/caption] World No 18 Keys, who had not reached a WTA final since her defeat to Sloane Stephens at the US Open in 2017, took 1hr 46 min to complete a 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 win over Danish fifth seed Wozniacki. It marked the fourth title of Keys career and her first since winning at Stanford in 2017. Her win also completed a superb week in South Carolina, where she defeated three Grand Slam champions – Jelena Ostapenko, Stephens and Wozniacki – to take the title. After winning a close opening set on a tiebreak, Keys took control of the second set with a stroke of good fortune. A netcord earned her a break to go 4-2 up, and from there she was not going to surrender the initiative and duly closed out the set to complete the win.