American Madison Keys wins Australian Open, upsets No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka

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American tennis star Madison Keys upset No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka to win the Australian Open on Saturday.

Keys, 29, won 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the tightly contested match to win her first-ever Grand Slam tournament. 

Keys finished with just one more point won than Sabalenka overall, winning 92 points, compared to Sabalenka's 91. 

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Madison Keys, center, of the U.S. reacts as she receives the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup from Evonne Goolagong Cawley after defeating Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025.  (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Sabalenka was seeking to win her third consecutive Australian Open, something that was last achieved — by Martina Hingis — from 1997 through 1999. 

This was the second time in Keys’ career that she had a chance at a major title, her last being a 6-3, 6-0 loss to fellow countrywoman Sloane Stephens in the 2017 US Open. 

Keys had high expectations for herself in her tennis career, but began to accept the fact that she might never win a Grand Slam title. 

"From a pretty young age, I felt like if I never won a Grand Slam, then I wouldn’t have lived up to what people thought I should have been. That was a pretty heavy burden to kind of carry around," Keys said. 

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Madison Keys of the U.S. reacts during her women's singles final match against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025.  (AP