Madison Keys feat: Down 5:2 in the 3rd set, saved five match points and advanced

American Madison Keys had to go through hell to justify her role as the favorite and advance to the 3rd round of the US Open.

Keys saved five match points in the third set against Hungary's Ana Bondar and went from a 2:5 and two break deficit to a super tie-break, in which she was also losing 5:3, but brought the match to an end with seven consecutive points.

Finally - 5:7, 6:4, 7:6 (10:5) for Madison Keys, who will play in the 3rd round against the winner of the match between China's Zhen Qingwen (121st on the WTA list) and Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva (84th in the world).

World number 3 Amanda Anisimova also advanced to the third round, defeating Austrian Lili Tager 6:3, 3:6, 6:1.

The American player won over the 49th ranked tennis player in the world in two hours and one minute.

The 18-year-old Austrian broke in the first game, but Anisimova, a finalist at last year's US Open, returned the break in the fourth game.

Anisimova gained a key advantage in the first set with a break in the eighth game, then took advantage of the first opportunity to take a 1:0 lead.

As in the first set, the players made breaks in the second half of the match in the first and fourth games. This time, Anisimova was the first to break, only for Tager to equalize in the fourth game, and then make a crucial break in the sixth game.

In the deciding set, Anisimova broke her rivals' serve twice, in the second and fourth games, which was enough for a secure victory.

Anisimova will face another Austrian tennis player in the 3rd round - Anastasia Potapova, who is ranked 25th on the WTA list.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka of Japan (13th on the WTA list) also advanced to the 3rd round, defeating Czech Katerina Siniakova (42nd) 6:2, 5:7, 6:1.

Osaka, who won the US Open in 2018 and 2020, will play Belgian Eliz Mertens (20th in the world) in the next round.