[Music] in a dominant Display of Power and precision Madison Keys cruised past Katarina Cova in the first round of the US Open the American who reached the finals at Flushing Meadows in 2017 showed no signs of the injuries that have plagued her season facing off against cine aova on the Louis Armstrong Stadium Court Keys Unleashed an explosive serve and aggressive ground strokes that left her check opponent reeling with 17 winners and five breaks of Sur dismantled cova's game securing a 6 to4 6 to1 Victory cine aova a nine-time grand slam women's doubles champion and recent mixed doubles gold medalist at the Paris games struggled with her serve throughout the match she landed only 52% of her first serves and committed 11 double faults opening the door for keys to take control after a closely contested first set the 14th seated keys turned up the intensity in the second immediately breaking sakova serve and maintaining the pressure Keys closed out the match with a powerful Inside Out forehand and a strong service return that cine aova couldn't handle this Victory marks a strong start for Keys who was forced to retire from her matches at Wimbledon and Toronto earlier this season due to injuries next she will face Australian qualifier mayia joint in the second round as she looks to build on her success and make another Deep Run at the US Open Madison Keys is back and looking stronger than ever stay tuned for more updates from the US Open as we follow her journey through the tournament