#2 Another final appearance – Rogers Cup
Keys eventually lost to Simona Halep, but continued her strong finishing streak
Madison Keys had the next big moment in her season when she reached the final of the prestigious Rogers Cup tournament in Montreal. It was her 2nd premier 5 final this year. Though the event was poorer for the absence of Serena, Muguruza and Azarenka, it was still an extremely competitive field but Keys made it through to the final. 4
To her credit, The 21-year-old got the better of Venus Williams en route to the final which she reached by packing off Kristina Kucova.
5th-seed Simona Halep awaited Keys in the final but the American could not upset the Romanian and fell to a 6-7, 3-6 defeat. But to be fair, Halep was on a fine run of 9 consecutive wins at that point. Significantly, it underpinned the consistency Keys showed throughout the season.
Importantly, she built on this result and went on an impressive run at the Rio Olympics where she narrowly missed out on the bronze medal after losing in 3 sets to Petra Kvitova.
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