Aryna Sabalenka-Madison Keys, a punch pain in the end of the Open of Australia

Keys, she is back in the Grand Chelem final almost eight years after her defeat against her compatriot Sloane Stephens (6-3, 6-0) at the 2017 US Open. The 29-year-old player sometimes believed that She would never breathe at such a height again, especially after her failure in New York in 2023, in the semi-finals against … Sabalenka. The former teenager prodigy, promised to glory from an early age, had led 6-0, 5-3 before being sent back to her tears and his doubts (0-6, 7-6, 7-6) . “To be so close and to lose, it had torn my heart, She admitted in the wake of her feat against Swiatk in half (5-7, 6-1, 7-6). I took a long time to get back to it. »» A year and a half later, she was a victory for the Supreme Grail.