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Keys overpowers Wozniacki to win Volvo Car Open

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) American Madison Keys overpowered normally steady Caroline Wozniacki with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory in the Volvo Car Open on Sunday.

Keys, seeded eighth and ranked 18th in the world, continually hit big serves - she reached 121 mph - and overwhelming forehands to wear down the fifth-seeded Wozniacki of Denmark and win her fourth career WTA event.

Keys trailed 6-5 in the opening set before forcing a tiebreaker by winning four straight points. She fell behind 2-0 before winning six of the next seven points and took a 6-3 lead in the tiebreaker when Wozniacki let a lob she seemed in position to handle drop inside the baseline. Keys closed out the set three points later.

Wozniacki, a former world No. 1, could not keep up in the second set as Keys took a 5-2 lead.

Keys smiled and bent her knees in celebration after putting away Wozniacki's return at the net on match point in the season's first clay-court event.

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