20-year-old American, Madison Keys, has reached the third round of the US Open for the first time in her career, with a dominant display over fellow youngster Tereza Smitkova on the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Day Three of this year's events at Flushing Meadows.

With an impressive scoreline of 6-1, 6-2, over her Czech opponent, Keys had the momentum from the off-set and took advantage to devastating effect - Smitkova struggled to adapt quickly enough to weather the storm of powerful attacks, and the match was over after just 54 minutes on the clock.

Keys victorious with dominant display

The 19th-seeded talent made good use of her powerful serve to force her opponent into making a plethora of mistakes, and hit plenty of winners - both forehand and backhand - to ensure she was firmly ahead not long after the first point was won. 

Smitkova was close to tears, having gone three-one down in the second set, but showed some desire to get back into the match with a few clean forehand returns, and occasionally she looked a match for Madison. 

The key word there though, being occasionally. Keys, who has already established herself as one of the most powerful players in the women's game, took full advantage of Tereza, who struggled to acclimatise to the sweltering conditions on a big court; where Madison was continously overpowering her and stretched the court out to the max, which the Czech international could not deal with.

Going into the encounter, Smitkova was always going to be the underdog to prevail and although she played a few decent winners at times, she was lacklustre overall and beaten by a far better player. With the prospect of facing Serena Williams in round four, Keys will be hoping for another impressive display as she is set to play 15th-seed Agnieszka Radwanska - provided she beats her compatriot Magda Linette in her respective match. 

Madison full of enthuasiasm in post-match interview

After her intriguing encounter, Keys was asked questions in the post-match interview on court. 

On how she's dealing with the expectations that come with her constant progression, at such a young age, she said: "It's something that I'm working on, for sure, it's not easy all the time but I'm just worrying about myself." 

On her deadly power: "Yeah, you know - my aim is to hit the ball higher over the net, maybe not hit it so hard (my coach tells me), I don't always listen(!), but I try and I'm working on it."

The magnitude of her victory: "It's so special to get as far as I've ever been, I'm excited and hoping to get to the next round."