Paris June 5 (IANS) Madison Keys of the US secured her place in the French Open semifinals with a two-set win over Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan on Tuesday.
Beating Putintseva 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 in an hour and 24 minutes Keys qualified for the last-four for the first time in her career reports Efe.
Keys fired 30 winners and three aces compared to her rival s 12 and none respectively.
In the upcoming round the No. 13 seed is set to take on the winner of the match between US Sloane Stephens and Russia s Daria Kasatkina.

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