▁final ▁of ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Open , ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁cont ested ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁Ke ys ▁ended ▁her ▁losing ▁stre ak ▁to ▁H ale p ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁C inc inn ati ▁Open , ▁winning ▁in ▁three ▁sets ▁en ▁route ▁to ▁winning ▁her ▁first ▁Premier ▁ 5 ▁title . ▁ ▁Ke ys ▁vs . ▁M ug uru za ▁and ▁Os aka ▁By ▁contrast ▁with ▁her ▁bad ▁head - to - head ▁record ▁against ▁counter - p unch ers ▁Ker ber ▁and ▁H ale p , ▁she ▁has ▁managed ▁so ▁far ▁to ▁play ▁better ▁against ▁hard - hit ters ▁with ▁similar ▁game ▁style ▁as ▁her , ▁Gar bi ñ e ▁M ug uru za ▁and ▁Na omi ▁Os aka , ▁leading ▁to ▁ 4 – 1 ▁record ▁against ▁M ug uru za ▁and ▁ 3 – 1 ▁against ▁Os aka . ▁Both ▁of ▁them ▁are ▁two - time ▁Grand ▁S lam ▁champions ▁and ▁former ▁world ▁No . ▁ 1 s , ▁but ▁have ▁yet ▁failed ▁to ▁resist ▁against ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁Ke ys ' ▁ground st ro kes ▁in ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁matches . ▁ ▁Ke ys ▁and ▁M ug uru za ▁played ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁compet itive ▁matches , ▁as ▁there ▁was ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁tie - break ▁in ▁all ▁matches ▁but ▁one . ▁Nevertheless , ▁it ▁was ▁Ke ys ▁who ▁pre va iled ▁in ▁most ▁of ▁those ▁matches . ▁Ke ys ▁won ▁in ▁straight ▁sets ▁their ▁most ▁important ▁meeting