Bejlek came from a set down to beat Keys 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 in Cincinnati, closing out a tight deciding set via a tiebreak. She saved seven of the ten break points she faced and converted three breaks across the final two sets.
Keys broke in game 2 of the opener and went on to take it 6-3. Bejlek answered in the second set, breaking in game 6 to level at 3-3 after Keys had broken in game 3, then breaking again in game 10 for 6-4. In the decider, Bejlek moved ahead 2-0 with a break in game 2, Keys broke back in game 7 to make it 4-3, and the set was decided in a tiebreak, which Bejlek won.
Keys won more total points (103-100) and service points (68-61), but Bejlek's return game and timing of breaks told in the end. She also hit four aces to Keys' two and saved seven of ten break points across the match.