French Open: American qualifier Day on comeback trail, beats Keys in second round
The HinduAmerican Kayla Day said on Thursday it was “really difficult” to keep believing she could have a successful tennis career during years of injury problems. Day downed 20th-ranked compatriot Madison Keys 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the second round to earn the first top-20 win of her career. “A lot of people, I think, counted me out or didn’t believe in me anymore or whatever, and I just worked super hard and trusted myself.” Day, who has 1987 men’s Wimbledon champion Pat Cash among her coaching staff, also has a Czech passport through her mother and speaks the language fluently. “Rafa I named when I was like nine years old, and just because I was a lefty, and obviously he’s one of the best players to ever play the game.” Day will now have her eyes set on a place in the second week, ahead of a last-32 clash with Slovak world number 100 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova on Saturday.
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