American tennis star Madison Kez disturbed Arena Sapalinka, ranked 1 Australian open on saturday.
KEYS, 29, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 won the disputed match, to win the first at all. Grand Salam The tournament.
KEYS finished just one point that won from Sabalenka in general, and won 92 points, compared to Sabalenka’s 91.
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Madison Keys, in the center of the United States, is interacting with the Daphny Akorste Cup Memorial Cup from iPhone Golajong Kauli after the defeat of Arena Sabalinka from Belarus in the women’s individual final in the Australian Tennis Championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday, January 25, January 25. 2025. (AP Photo/NG Han Guan)
SABALENKA was seeking to win the third consecutive consecutive open, which was the last time – by Martina Hingps – from 1997 to 1999.
This was the second time in the Keys career, which had a chance for a great title, the last of which was a 6-3 loss, 6-0 for her colleague in the countryside Sloane Stephens in 2017 We are open.
KEYS had great expectations for herself in her tennis career, but she started accepting the fact that she might never win the Grand Slam.
“From a young age, I felt that if I had never won a great championship, I wouldn’t have lived to what people thought I had to be on. This was a very heavy burden on pregnancy,” Keys said. .
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Madison Keys interacts from the United States during her individual women’s match against Arena Sabalinka from Belarus in the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
“So I finally reached the point that I was proud of myself and proud of my career, with or without a big tournament. I finally reached the point that I was fine if it didn’t happen. Wonderful tennis.
“I finally feel that I leave this type of inner speech that I just gave me the ability to get out and play some good tennis to win the Great Championship.”
It was not limited to the fact that KEYS disturbed the number 1 sabalenka, but it also dropped the second place Iga świTek in the semi -finals on its way to winning the Australian title.
Keys was the first woman since then Serena Williams In 2005 to defeat each of the best WTA players in Melbourne Park. She said that hitting Symick gave her the confidence she could win against Sabalinka.
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Madison Keys from the United States speaks during a press conference after the defeat of Arena Sabalinka from Belarus in the Ladies Final in the Australian tennis championship to win the Davini Akorkt Chamber, in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
“Winning that match on the other night against IGA was really a big obstacle,” Keys said. “I always thought I could do this, but to do this this way – I really thought about myself after the match that I can win at all on Saturday.”
This was the 46 -look of the keys, and it is more third before winning a major women’s title, being only 49 from Flavia Pennsulfa 49 and Marion Bartoli 47 before winning.
“I didn’t always think that I could return to this point. But to be able to do this and win, this means that the world is for me.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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