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MELBOURNE, Australia \u2014\u00a0Madison Keys\u00a0of the United States upset two-time defending champion\u00a0Aryna Sabalenka\u00a0of Belarus 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the Australian Open final on Saturday night to collect her first Grand Slam title at age 29.<\/p>\n
By adding this win over the No. 1-ranked Sabalenka to an elimination of No. 2\u00a0Iga Swiatek\u00a0in the semifinals on Thursday \u2014\u00a0saving a match point along the way\u00a0\u2014 Keys is the first woman since Serena Williams in 2005 to defeat both of the WTA\u2019s top two players at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n
Keys, ranked 14th and seeded 19th, was playing in her second major final after being the runner-up at the\u00a02017 US Open.<\/p>\n
She prevented Sabalenka from earning what would have been her third women\u2019s trophy in a row at the Australian Open \u2014 something last accomplished by Martina Hingis from 1997-99 \u2014 and her fourth major title overall.<\/p>\n
When it ended, Keys covered her face with her hands, then raised her arms. Soon, she was hugging her husband, Bjorn Fratangelo \u2014 who has been her coach since 2023 \u2014 and other members of her team, before sitting on her sideline bench and laughing.<\/p>\n
Sabalenka chucked her racket afterward, then covered her head with a white towel.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s final is Sunday, with defending champion\u00a0Jannik Sinner against Alexander Zverev. Sinner is seeded No. 1, Zverev No. 2.<\/p>\n
Sinner eliminated American Ben Shelton\u00a0in the semifinals, while Zverev advanced when 24-time Grand Slam champion\u00a0Novak Djokovic stopped playing\u00a0because of an injury.<\/p>\n
Keys is the oldest woman to become a first-time major champion since Flavia Pennetta was 33 at the 2015 U.S. Open. This was the 46th Slam appearance for Keys, which ranks as the third-most major tournaments before winning a trophy in the Open era, behind only Pennetta\u2019s 49 and Marion Bartoli\u2019s 47 when she won Wimbledon in 2013.<\/p>\n
It was the more accomplished Sabalenka who was shakier at the outset. Keys broke three times in the first set, helped in part by Sabalenka\u2019s four double-faults and 13 total unforced errors.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t for a moment think this was merely an instance of Sabalenka being her own undoing.<\/p>\n
Keys certainly had a lot to do with the way things were going, too. She compiled an 11-4 edge in winners in that first set, managing to out-hit the big-hitting Sabalenka repeatedly from the baseline.<\/p>\n
For a stretch, it seemed as though every shot off the strings of Keys\u2019 racket \u2014 the one she switched to ahead of this season to protect her oft-injured right shoulder and to make it easier to control her considerable power \u2014 was landing precisely where she wanted.<\/p>\n
Near a corner. On a line. Out of Sabalenka\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n
Also important was the way Keys, whose left thigh was taped for the match, covered every part of the court, racing to get to balls and send them back over the net with intent. On one terrific defensive sequence, she sprinted for a forehand that drew a forehand into the net from Sabalenka, capping a break for a 4-1 lead.<\/p>\n
Never one to hide her emotions during a match, Sabalenka frequently displayed frustration while trailing on the scoreboard, kicking a ball after netting a volley, dropping her racket after missing an overhead, slapping her leg after an errant forehand.<\/p>\n
Sabalenka took a trip to the locker room before the second set, and whether that helped clear her head or slowed Keys\u2019 momentum \u2014 or both \u2014 the final\u2019s complexion soon changed. Keys\u2019 first-serve percentage dipped from 86% in the first set to 59% in the second. <\/p>\n
Sabalenka raised her winner total to 13 in the second set and began accumulating, and converting, break points.<\/p>\n
When she sent a backhand down the line to force an error by Keys for a break and a 2-1 lead in the second, Sabalenka shook her left fist and gritted her teeth as she walked to the sideline.<\/p>\n
When she broke again to go up 4-1, Sabalenka marked the occasion with a long and loud scream while looking in the direction of her team.<\/p>\n
By the time the last set arrived, the action was tight and tense, without so much as a single break point until its final game, when Keys came through with one last forehand winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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