Keys, Pegula storm into fourth round
Sandy Verma | January 26, 2026 3:25 AM CST
MELBOURNE: American stars Madison Keys and Jessica Pegula set up an all-USA Round of 16 clash at the Australian Open after cruising through their third-round matches in straight sets on Saturday.
Keys’ run toward successfully defending her title continued with an emphatic straight-sets victory—6-3, 6-3 against former World No. 1 Karolína Pliskova—extending her winning streak to ten matches at Melbourne Park (with each match played in under three hours).
The American served unrelenting power from the baseline, and although the temperature outside was over 31 degrees Celsius (88 degrees Fahrenheit) prior to noon, she experienced no problems, calling the heat “great” because she is “a Floridian.”
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