Madison Keys, Australian Open and Serena Williams
Madison Keys made history on Saturday, becoming the oldest woman to win her first Grand Slam title at the 2025 Australian Open. The post ‘Didn’t Know What Tennis Was’- Madison Keys Unveils How American Idol’s Fashion Outing Inspired Her Tennis Dream appeared first on EssentiallySports.
Madison Keys is the 2025 Australian Open champion. The 29-year-old won her first major of the year after overcoming defending champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 to win the first major of
Madison Keys once candidly shared her perspective on her ethnicity during the 2015 Australian Open. The American made the remarks after Serena Williams had welcomed a matchup with a fellow African American player at the Melbourne Slam.
Perhaps they remember her from Junior Orange Bowl tournaments at Salvadore Park and Biltmore Tennis Center in Coral Gables, or from the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, where 5-foot-10 Keys dazzled spectators with her 114 mph serve as a 14-year-old in the Orange Bowl Under-18s division.
From winning streaks to prize money milestones and MUCH more, here’s everything the American did Down Under this year.
Serena Williams has also come forward to praise and congratulate Madison Keys on winning her career's first Australian Open and Grand Slam title.According to Sportskeeda, Keys ended Aryan Sabalenka's 20-match winning streak and her dreams for
Be brave. Go for it. Those were the mantras Madison Keys turned to as she confronted the most significant points of her tennis career, trapped in the cauldron of a third set that was tied at 5-all, 30-all in the Australian Open final against two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday.
Madison Keys has joined the likes of Venus and Serena Williams in a unique club with her triumph at the 2025 Australian Open.
At the 2015 Australian Open, 19-year-old American Madison Keys made her first Grand Slam semifinal. She'd beaten Venus Williams to get there, and would be denied an appearance in the final by eventual champion Serena Williams.
Madison Keys saved a match point and came back to upset No. 2 Iga Swiatek 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (8) in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal to reach a Grand Slam title match for the second time in her career.