🎾 Wimbledon 2025 – 3rd Round Preview
Laura Siegemund vs Madison Keys
🧠 Form & Context
Laura Siegemund🧙♀️ Veteran revival: At 37, Siegemund has turned back the clock with back-to-back straight-set wins over Stearns and Fernandez—her first top-30 wins of the year.
🌱 Grass surprise: Entered Wimbledon with just four main-draw grass wins in her career; now riding her best-ever Slam run outside of Roland-Garros.
🎾 Usually early exits: Had lost in the 1st round or qualifying in 10 of her last 11 tournaments coming in.
📉 Underdog streak: Ranked outside the Top 100 and without a WTA singles title since 2017, but showing elite variety and net play this week.
⛓️ History at majors: 1–4 in Grand Slam third-round matches (lone QF came at RG 2020).
Madison Keys
🏆 Slam champion: Lifted her first major at the 2025 Australian Open; also reached the Roland-Garros quarterfinals.
🌱 Grass track record: Has not failed to make the Wimbledon 4R since 2019. QF here in 2015 and 2023.
🧱 Built for grass: Big serve, heavy forehand, and flat ball-striking tailor-made for quicker surfaces.
🌀 Slight wobble: Took over 2.5 hours to get past Ruse in R1 but looked sharp against Danilović in R2.
📈 32–9 in 2025: Arguably the best season of her career, already with two titles and wins over Swiatek, Sabalenka, and Rybakina.
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