LONDON (AP) — This most unpredictable of Wimbledon delivered yet another surprise Friday, July 4, when reigning Australian Open champion Madison Keys, the No. 6 seed, was a lopsided loser in the third round, eliminated, 6-3, 6-3, by 104th-ranked Laura Siegemund of Germany. Keys ' exit left...
INDIAN WELLS, California (AP) — Russian teen star Mirra Andreeva advanced to the BNP Paribas Open final, beating defending champion Iga Swiatek, 7-6 (1), 1-6, 6-3, in chilly conditions Friday night, March 14, to become the tournament’s youngest finalist since 2001. Mirra Andreeva, of Russia,...
The first tennis Grand Slam of 2025 is now in the books, and it will be looked back as the one that American Madison Keys will remember forever, because at age 29, she finally broke through to win her very first Slam title. It was a decade ago, in 2015, in this very same tournament that she made...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Madison Keys of the United States upset two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, in the Australian Open final on Saturday night, Jan. 25, to collect her first Grand Slam title at age 29. Madison Keys of the U.S. holds the Daphne Akhurst...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — When Madison Keys finally finished off her 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) upset of No. 2 Iga Swiatek in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal on Thursday night, Jan. 23, saving a match point along the way, the 29-year-old American crouched on the court and...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Iga Swiatek’s latest lopsided win at the Australian Open came via a 6-1, 6-2 score in the quarterfinals against No. 8 seed Emma Navarro on Wednesday, Jan. 22. Iga Swiatek of Poland plays a forehand return to Emma Navarro of the U.S. during their quarterfinal match at...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Elina Svitolina was 4-1 down before she went on a roll and took 11 of the next 12 games in a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Veronika Kudermetova on Monday, Jan. 20, to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the third time. Elina Svitolina of Ukraine celebrates after...
ROME (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek remained on course for an uncommon Madrid-Rome double after beating Angelique Kerber to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals on Monday, May 13. Poland's Iga Swiatek returns the ball to Germany's Angelique Kerber at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome,...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Madison Keys of the United States stunned Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova to reach the semifinals of the US Open on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Madison Keys of the United States celebrates match point against Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic during their Women's Singles...
It’s that time of the year again, when the first of the calendar tennis Grand Slams happens Down Under. It was scorching, sunny Melbourne weather as the Australian Open began, but the tournament turned a freezing, cold shoulder on world #1 Novak Djokovic, before the first serve was even tossed....
Madison Keys powered into the Australian Open quarterfinals (AFP/William WEST) Big-serving Madison Keys stunned eighth seed Paula Badosa to power into an Australian Open quarterfinals for a third time Sunday in a clash between two of the season's most in-form players. The unseeded American had a...
Serena Williams of the United States serves during her Women’s Singles second round match against Margarita Gasparyan of Russia on Day Four of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 3, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Matthew Stockman /...
