Madison Keys shocks Aryna Sabalenka to win Australian Open title
World number one Sabalenka was chasing a third successive women’s singles title in Melbourne.
By contributor By Eleanor Crooks, PA Tennis Correspondent, Melbourne
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Madison Keys dethroned Aryna Sabalenka to become the oldest first-time winner of the women’s singles title at the Australian Open.
World number one Sabalenka was bidding to become the first woman since Martina Hingis in the late 1990s to win three straight titles at Melbourne Park.
But American Keys, who seemed destined never to achieve the grand slam title that had been predicted when she turned professional aged only 14, followed up her upset of second seed Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals by claiming a 6-3 2-6 7-5 victory.
