American tennis player Madison Keys won her first ever Grand Slam title at the Australian Open on Saturday.
The win was a huge victory for Keys, who was ranked No. 19 seed going into the final match. She defeated Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, who was hoping to win the tournament for the third year in a row.
“I have wanted this for so long and I have been in one other grand slam final. It did not go my way and I didn’t know if I was ever going to be able to get back to this position to try to win a trophy again,” Keys told reporters in her on-camera interview after the winning match. Her voice cracked with emotion as she talked about having to overcome injuries to train for this match.
Her competitor, Sabalenka, is ranked number one in the world for women’s single tennis, and number two in the world for doubles tennis. She has already won the Australian Open twice, and had only lost one match out of the 34 she had to play to reach the finals of this year’s Australian Open.
But Keys was able to knock the tennis titan off balance with a stunning opening match, eventually winning the whole tournament in the final set, which was tied till the very end.
Source: Stlpr.org
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