Madison Keys has won the first Grand Slam, who has lost his hopes for the Arena Sabalenka’s three consecutive victories.
Before the 30th birthday approaching next month, Madison Keys set a modest goal of how much performance he could perform, and arrived in Australia without anyone noticed.
In the Saturday Australian Open Finals, the two -time defending champion Arena Savarenca was broken in three sets, and the resilient Americans have now gained the answer.
This is the first major title for keys, making the second Grand Slam final for the first time in eight years since the New York Games. She lost to Slone Stevens on the occasion.
The defeat between 6-3 and 6-0 has been awkward since then, but it was also a learning experience.
“I think during that match, I was nervous, at that moment, the chance, and everything else, and I didn’t think I had any chance to actually play,” she said this week.
“The big thing for me was that I knew there were many unpleasant moments during the match.
“Stress will accumulate. Thousands of people are looking at you.”
Currently 14th place keys will return to the top 10 for the first time since 2019 next week.
She entered Melbourne Park in 2015 as a tremendous 19 -year -old semi -finals and showed her possibilities.
Ten years have passed, and this time, the top four, the world’s second -largest Iga -Chivia technique, set a confrontation with the world’s number one Savarenca.
The Belarusi player has been aiming to be the first woman who has won three consecutive victories in Melbourne since Martina Hingis from 1997 to 1999.
However, the losing dog keys in the 19th seed ignored all of them and won the title 6-3, 2-6, and 7-5 in the enthusiastic finals.
Keys ended the season early last October, and one month later, she married her coach Bjorn Fragero.
The two players have been dating since 2017, and Fratanjero became her coach in 2023.
Fratanjero told reporters on the night before the finals that the best of keys is still in the future.
“I think she is far from maximizing its potential,” said the same American Fratanjero, who won the Men’s Singles at the All France in 2011.
“Sharpting the ax can reach a certain level, but in some cases you may need a new tool. I think that’s what I tried to bring to the table.”
Savarenca and keys are both boasting power games that overwhelm the opponent.
After losing in the semifinals, Chivia Tech talked about the “courage” of keys, aiming for big shots in important situations.
Fratangelo described Savarenca on the night before the final as “Madison’s slightly more sophisticated version.”
“But what she is looking at is what a great player is doing,” he said.
“They have the ability to raise their level at the most important time.”
And on Saturday, keys won the tenth title, the largest career as a birthday present in the early 30s of 30 years old, that was proved.
The keys broke the former Melbourne finalist Daniel Collins and Elena Ribakina on the way and achieved it in a tough way.
Later, she reversed from the set down and saved a match point against the world’s second -largest Chivi -tech opponent in the semifinals.