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Madison Keys is ranked in the top 10 in the world, a Grand Slam semifinalist who just played for an Olympic bronze medal and has earned career prize money of well over $4 million.Shes also only 21, much closer in age to her middle school days than to No. 1 Serena Williams, and the youngest woman in the top 20 by nearly a year-and-a-half.This is where the American finds herself as she heads into next weeks U.S. Open: an established pro with the game to win major titles, yet competing in a sport in which many players now peak in their late 20s and even early 30s.Patient and impatient at the same time about her tennis, Keys is also sorting out what she wants to accomplish off the court. She announced Wednesday that she will fund and host six summits for teens at schools around the world in 2017 in partnership with the organization FearlesslyGIRL.Thats such a tough time for any girl -- I know it was a tough time for me, Keys said in a recent phone interview.To sit down in a big group and talk to each other about it, you realize youre not so alone, she added. It makes everything seem so much smaller and more manageable.Keys has two younger sisters and sees this in a way as just adding many more.Its being able to relate to them on such a personal level, she said, but also knowing it does get better.For her, sports was always a part of that.When youre 13 or 14, sometimes you wake up in a bad place, she said. You feel like everythings out of your control. You dont know what to do.The second I was on the tennis court, I had the structure I wanted. I was in complete control of what I was doing.Long considered one of the worlds most promising young players, Keys burst through to the semifinals of the 2015 Australian Open while still a teenager.All of a sudden, people say, `Shes a contender, Keys recalled. Its the next logical step: You made the semifinals, you should make a final. You make a final, you should win.Unfortunately, thats not how it works.The rest of the year, she lost in her first or second match of a tournament nine times, though her results in the Grand Slams were better. And with her profile soaring, so did the harassment on social media.I could go through my Twitter account right now and there would be 10 horrible messages, Keys said.All of a sudden, she recalled, I was getting all these messages that I was fat and ugly, and I wasnt prepared for it.It took time for her to remind herself that the trolls were most likely gamblers who spewed vitriol because they were betting on a match. That realization was crucial.If youre not in my immediate circle, she said, youre not someone whose opinion I value.On the court, she needed to remind herself to trust the process and not obsess over individual wins and losses. In 2016, the upward trajectory has resumed. Keys has made three finals, winning her second WTA title, and is currently ranked a career-best ninth. At the Rio Games, she made it to the semifinals -- then ran into two Grand Slam champions in a row in Angelique Kerber and Petra Kvitova, losing to both to miss out on a medal as their superiority showed.Keys, who withdrew from this weeks Connecticut Open with a neck injury, is set to be seeded eighth when the U.S. Open starts Monday -- a key number because it means she cant meet Williams or Kerber until the quarterfinals at the earliest. 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Forward Eduardo gave Ajaccio the lead in the sixth minute after being set up by right winger Benjamin Andre, and the Corsican side looked comfortable in the first half, with the lively Johan Cavalli causing problems with his probing runs from midfield.The Winnipeg Goldeyes threatened late, but the comeback bid was started just a little too late and came up just a little too short. The Goldeyes lost 7-4 to the Quebec Capitales on Sunday afternoon to drop their third game of the four-game series and fall three games below .500 for the first time this season. Winnipeg slips six-and-a-half games back of the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks for first place in the American Associations North Division. "We lost some momentum losing that close ball game last night and you could see it out here today," Goldeyes pitching coach Jamie Vermilyea said on the TSN 1290 post-game show. "We came out flat, didnt take advantage of an opportunity or two early and fell behind. We couldnt really dig ourselves out of that hole. "I give the guys credit, though. They didnt just cash it in in that ninth inning when they could have. They strung together some good at-bats and made it a little interesting there at the end. Unfortunately, its tough to overcome a six-run deficit." Winnipeg tallied one run in the eighth inning and three times in the ninth inning to put a dent into Quebecs 7-0 lead. In fact, the Goldeyes brought the tying run to the plate in Josh Mazzola in the top of the ninth inning, but he popped up to Quebec catcher Royce Consigli to end the game. "(Mazzolla) is one of our power hitters and (swing for the fences) is what we want him to do in that situation," Vermilyea said.dddddddddddd "We want to get those three runs." Seven of Winnipegs 11 hits in the game came in the eighth and ninth innings. Quebec scored a run in the first and third innings to take an early 2-0 lead. The Capitales then blew the game open with three runs in the fourth inning off Goldeyes starter Mark Hardy, who stayed in the game after taking a line drive to the stomach early in the contest, but suffered his third loss of the season. Allen Caldwell relieved Hardy in the fifth inning and was touched for a run in his only inning of work. Quebec also got to Winnipeg reliever Chris Kissock for their final run of the game in the seventh inning. Tyler Graham, who extended his hitting streak to 14 games, and Mazzola each had three hits for Winnipeg, while Ryan Scoma tallied three RBI, including two in the ninth inning. The Goldeyes stranded 10 runners on base in the contest, including leaving runners in scoring position on six occasions. Dustin Crenshaw went eight innings to get the win for Quebec. The Goldeyes now travel to Trois-Rivieres to begin a three-game series against the Aigles tomorrow night. The pre-game show on TSN 1290 with Paul Edmonds begins at 5:30pm ct. ' ' '