The American is into the final in Melbourne, with husband Bjorn Fratangelo as her coach. This is how the married couple work it out
I’ll try anything, I’ll do anything, I’ll be open,” the 29-year-old said in the off-season, after resisting change for years.
Keys saved a match point before winning in a final set tie-break while Sabalenka saw off close friend Paula Badosa.
Madison Keys has charged into the Australian Open final and will meet two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday’s championship.
Her opponent, Keys, also last reached the semi-finals in 2022 but was beaten by Ashleigh Barty who went on to win the tournament. Keys’s previous two outing saw her battle past Elena Rybakina in the fourth round then Elina Svitolina in the quarters. The American has had a tougher run but is a wiley competitior and should give Swiatek some trouble.
American tennis star Madison Keys completed a huge comeback victory over World No. 2 Iga Swiatek in Thursday's Australian Open semifinal to set up a final matchup vs. World No. 1 and reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka.
In the quarterfinals at the Australian Open on Tuesday, Madison Keys (ranked No. 14) meets Elina Svitolina (No. 27).Keys enters the quarterfinals after her three-set victory on Sunday over Elena
Keys, the No. 19 seed and a two-time semifinalist at Melbourne Park, had won the first set. But Rybakina, who like Keys is a precise winner machine when she is playing the tennis she wants to play, had taken the second by seizing the initiative and playing on her front foot. Halfway to the finish, Keys had become a passive counterpuncher.
In the Australian Open semifinals on Thursday, Madison Keys meets Iga Swiatek.Keys enters the semifinals after her three-set victory on Tuesday over Elina Svitolina (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the
American tennis player Madison Keys seeks a fourth straight win over a seeded opponent at the Australian Open, when she takes on No. 2 Iga Swiatek in Thursday’s semifinal round.
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