Madison Keys not solely received her maiden Grand Slam title at this 12 months’s Australian Open, however she additionally set a really distinctive report because the participant with probably the most video games dropped en path to profitable a Main.
Keys, who was one month faraway from her thirtieth birthday, had all of it however simple at Melbourne Park as 5 of her seven matches performed went three units. Nonetheless, the American tennis star discovered a solution to finish on the profitable facet in all of these clashes as she edged out the likes of Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Elena Rybakina, Elina Svitolina, Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka. The world No. 7’s solely straight-set wins on the Blissful Slam got here in opposition to Ann Li and Danielle Collins.
In complete, Keys dropped 87 video games throughout this 12 months’s Australian Open.
87 – In profitable the Australian Open 2025 title, Madison Keys turned the participant with probably the most video games dropped to win a Girls’s Singles Grand Slam title within the Open Period (87). Champion. @WTA @AustralianOpen @TennisAustralia pic.twitter.com/vSGOi6W4J0
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Do you bear in mind Keys’ emotional response after profitable the Australian Open?
Keys, who misplaced to Sloane Stephens within the 2017 US Open remaining, could not conceal her happiness after attaining her largest tennis purpose and changing into a Grand Slam champion simply earlier than her thirtieth birthday. Throughout the trophy ceremony, the American turned very emotional and gave massive credit score to her crew for believing in her even when she doubted herself.
“That is the place I will cry. I’ve wished this for therefore lengthy, I have been in a single different Grand Slam remaining and it didn’t go my method. I did not know if I would have the ability to get again to this place, to attempt to win a trophy once more, and my crew believed in me each step of the way in which. They believed in me once I did not consider in myself,” Keys stated afterward.
