ALERT – Australian Open: Madison Keys wins her first Grand Slam title
Madison Keys won the final on Saturday night against Aryna Sabalenka
Madison Keys, Australian Open 2025 Í © Psnewz
American Madison Keys, the No 19 seed, won the Australian Open title by edging out Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 at Melbourne Park on Saturday night.
This is her first major trophy, seven years after her first final at the 2017 US Open.
Keys, ranked No 14, defeated Ann Li (6-4, 7-5), Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse (7-6 (1), 2-6, 7-5), No 10 seed Danielle Collins (6-4, 6-4), Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 6 seed (6-3, 1-6, 6-3), Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 28 seed (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) and Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed (5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (8)) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2025 season, Sabalenka, ranked No 1, beat American Sloane Stephens (6-3, 6-2), Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (6-3, 7-5), Dane Clara Tauson (7-6 (5), 6-4), Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 14 seed (6-1, 6-2), Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 27 seed (6-2, 2-6, 6-3) and Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 11 seed (6-4, 6-2).
