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Madison Keys gets Wimbledon boost with Eastbourne title but Osaka faces injury worry
Madison Keys won the Eastbourne title for a third time as the American defeated Germany’s Tatjana Maria 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday to gain some momentum going into Wimbledon.
TL;DR
- Madison Keys won her third Eastbourne title, beating Tatjana Maria 7-5, 6-4.
- This is Keys' first title since winning the Australian Open last year.
- Keys joins Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova as a three-time Eastbourne champion.
- Keys avenged a semi-final loss to Maria from last year at Queen's Club.
- Keys secured her 11th WTA title in her 16th career final.
- Naomi Osaka retired from the Bad Homburg Open final due to a foot injury.
- Osaka was trailing 6-1, 1-0 to Karolina Muchova when she withdrew.