​Madison Keys (second favorite) made her left-handed debut at the WTA Elite Trophy 2023 tournament, the American was defeated by Beatrice Haddad Maia (eighth seed).

Madison Keys defeated Beatrice Haddad Maia at the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy

The athlete from Brazil won 6-4, 6-4 at the end of the match, in which she managed three breaks (Maya served only once).

The game lasted one hour and 39 minutes.

It was the first time that Beatrice and Madison met on the world circuit.

The result of the match Beatrice Haddad Maia – Madison Keys:

WTA Elite Trophy 2023 will be held on October 24-29 on the hard (Greenset) in Zhuhai, China. The competition brought to the start the best players who did not make it to the Cancun Tournament of Champions.

It has a total prize pool of $2,409,000 and 12 athletes at the start (divided into four groups of three players each). The first place in each group goes to the semi-finals.

Group A (Azalea): Barbora Krejchikova, Darya Kasatkina, Magda Lynette

Group B (Camellia): Madison Keys, Beatrice Haddad Maya, Caroline Garcia

Group C (Orchid): Yelena Ostapenko, Qinwen Zheng, Donna Vekich

Group D (Rose): Lyudmila Samsonova, Veronika Kudermetova, Lin Zhu (wild card).

This is what the list of favorites looks like: Barbora Krejchikova (1), Madison Keys (2), Yelena Ostapenko (3), Lyudmila Samsonova (4), Veronika Kudermetova (5), Daria Kasatkina (6), Zheng Qinwen (7), Beatrice Haddad Maya (8), Caroline Garcia (9), Magda Lynette (10) and Zhu Lin (12).