She has the great skills of Madison Keys Australian Open shown. The American now meets Aryna Sabalenka in the final. She only has a chance if she defeats herself.
It is obvious that such a day is special for every professional ternis player: a move into the women’s final of the Australian Open After all, it’s not common. And not for Madison Keys.
Not least because of this, after her transformed match ball in the nerve -wracking semi -finals (5: 7, 6: 1 7: 6), she fell on her knees against the high -rise Polish favorite and secondary IGA SWIATEK IGA – and could not grasp her luck.
Great promise in the USA
After all, the American is considered the unfinished. At the age of 14, she had already won her first professional match and was considered a great promise of the US tennis. She is now 29 years old and currently only number 14 in the world.
Keys had a great career. She has a few tournaments won on her agenda. But: one Grand Slam-Title, the dream of every player, has never won her. The crowning glory is missing. And apparently there are reasons.
Everything else against Swiatek
She was often very close. She reached a semi -finals of one seven times major-Tournament, once she was already in the final of the US Open (2017), which she lost almost without a chance against her compatriot Sloane Stephens.
Whenever it came about the sausage and it became tight, she left the courage, the nerves didn’t really play along. Suddenly the self -confidence and probably a bit of luck disappeared. It was desperate. But this time everything was different.
After all, Keys had done the feat this time, the decisive one Champions-tiebreak to turn after a permanent deficit and end up with 10: 8.
Fight against yourself
“Oh, my god. Feel different, the one that wins in the end”said Keys after the great success against Swiatek – apparently surprised by herself and her sudden mental strength.
A sentence that allows a deep insight into her inner life – and how much it seemed to suffer from this. With this spectacular success against Swiatek, she also won the fight against herself.
Against Aryna Sabalenka, the undisputed world rankings, Keys is again clear outsider. Both will probably hit the ball as firmly as they can. Neither the Belarus nor the American play typical women’s tennis. They both bristle with strength.
Keys must be able to defeat her inner fear again. Then she has a real chance to crown her career