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Madison Wins Her First Grand Slam Title
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|January 26, 2025
US tennis player Madison Keys secured her career's first Grand Slam title after bamboozling two-time champion Aryna Sabalenka at the Australian Open on Saturday.
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Keys, who appeared in her first Grand Slam final since the 2017 US Open, denied the number one ranked player her third consecutive Australian Open title, with a 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 victory in Rod Laver Arena.
In a game that went right down the wire, the 29-year-old delivered the knockout punch in the final moments of the deciding set to claim her first-ever major title.
Keys mixed her backhand and forehand strokes to use the available space on the court to her advantage in the first set. Sabalenka upped the ante in the second set with a near-flawless display.
This story is from the January 26, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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