The American Madison Keys beat the first Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 to win the Australian Open 2025. This victory gives Keys his very first title of the Grand Chelem at the age of 29 years.
Keys immediately put Sabalenka on his back by winning the first set, including three service breaks, but the defending double champion of the Australian Open responded with a very effort in the second set, and it seemed that She took control of the match. .
This set up a third back and forth with Keys who managed a perfect shot, who froze Sabalenka, for the victory and to avoid a championship tie-break.
Keys is now the fourth older winner of a big slam for the first time, and she entered history a little more with this incredible race. With his victory over the number 2 IGA Swiatek in the semi-finals, Keys became the first player to defeat the two best players in the last two rounds of a Grand Colem since Venus Williams did in Wimbledon in 2005.
Before this match, Keys had only participated in a single final of the Grand Slam, where she had lost against Sloane Stephens at the US Open 2017. The path was long to return to this point for Keys, and she thanked Her team for having given her the confidence she needed to finally break through.
“I wanted this for so long and I participated in another Grand Slam final,” said Keys after the match. “It did not go as I wanted and I did not know if I was going to come back to this position one day to try to win a trophy again. My team believed in me at every stage, so thank you very much.
“They believed in me when I did not believe in me and helped me at each stage. Last year was very difficult with very serious injuries, and I did not know if I would be here again.”
Sabalenka was aimed at her third consecutive victory for the Australian Open, and she would have been the first player to achieve this feat from Martina Hingis from 1996 to 1999. Instead, in her post-match speech, Sabalenka relaxed The atmosphere by launching a few jokes at the expense of its coaches.
“As always, it’s your fault, guys,” said Sabalenka. “I don’t want to see you next week. I really hate you. No really, thank you very much for everything you do for me and blah, blah.
“I think we did our best. Madison played incredibly well every day. I couldn’t do anything in this match. The next time I play against Madison, I will bring better tennis.”
