Summary Madison Keys beat Ana Bogdan 6-3, 6-4 in the Australian Open on Saturday.
MELBOURNE (AFP) - US Open finalist Madison Keys continued her serene progress through the Australian Open draw with a 6-3, 6-4 win over unseeded Ana Bogdan on Saturday.
The 17th seed, who made the semis at Melbourne Park in 2015, has not dropped a set and breezed past the plucky Romanian, ranked 104, in 73 minutes in their third-round match on Margaret Court Arena.
"I m really excited. I definitely feel I m playing well," said Keys, who was one of only three Americans to make the round of 32.
She had only dropped seven games going into this match, taking just 41 minutes to get past Russia s Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0, 6-1 in the second round and must now be rated one of the favourites going into the second week.
"Ana played great today and made me play my best tennis," Keys added.
The American, coached by former great Lindsay Davenport, next faces either French eighth seed Caroline Garcia or Belarussian Alaksandra Sasnovich in the last 16.
"Lindsay is amazing. We ve had three years together and she has taught me how to handle big moments like this," said Keys.
Meanwhile, Hollywood heavyweight Will Smith says he s now hooked on tennis after being courtside at the Australian Open to see Nick Kyrgios topple Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a Grand Slam classic.
The "Men in Black" star was on the edge of his seat as Australian hope Kyrgios beat the former finalist 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5) in a spectacular night match on Friday.
"This match last night was CRAZY!! @klnkyrg1os vs @tsongaofficiel ... WOW! I haven t been to many Tennis matches. But, Now... I m pretty sure I m hooked!" he said on Instagram Saturday.
Smith has 5.4 million Instagram followers and his post had got 227,000 likes in barely two hours.
Kyrgios is huge fan of the actor, producer and comedian and admitted after the match he was a bit star-struck when he realised he was watching.
"No joke, he s like my favourite actor. I get asked if one person were acting your life, I d always pick him," said the 22-year-old, seeded 17 at Melbourne Park.
"It was surreal seeing him. You know, I was talking to him in the third set. I kept looking at him. I was like, I got to break the ice, I got to say something ."
Asked what he said, he replied: "I said, I watched a load of your movies a bunch of times. It was pretty cringe, but it broke the ice."
The pair met afterwards and had their picture taken, and Kyrgios was impressed.
"He was really nice. I met him after the match. He was really genuine," he said.
