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2021 French Open
ATP Tour & WTA Tour
Stade Roland Garros
Paris, France
4 June 2021
11h00 am CAT
Belarusian star Victoria Azarenka will meet USA's Madison Keys in a
2021 French Open third-round match on June 4.
Azarenka eliminated Russian player Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round clash, before defeating Danish teenager Clara Tauson in the second-round match.
The 31-year-old has won two Grand Slam titles at the 2012 and 2013 Australian Open, becoming the first Belarusian player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam tournament singles title.
Meanwhile, Keys started her 2021 French Open campaign with a win over French player Oceane Dodin, before eliminating Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada.
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The 26-year-old is still searching for her maiden Grand Slam title, but she has played in one Grand Slam tournament final at the 2017 US Open.
Azarenka and Keys have met in one competitive match.
Azarenka advanced to the third round of the 2018 Miami Open after Keys was forced to retire with a leg injury.
The winner between Azarenka and Keys will face either Russian star Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova or Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the French Open in the fourth round.
Keys is relishing facing Azarenka and she knows that it will a difficult match against the European star, who has been in top form.
"I'm looking forward to it," Keys said of facing the two-time Slam champion, Azarenka.
"She's obviously playing some really impressive tennis the past 18 months. I know it's going to be a really difficult match, super high intensity."
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