MELBOURNE, Australia — With another crazily brave surge at the end in Melbourne, Madison Keys became a 16-year overnight success. The wrenching struggle to meet the expectation that arrived when she won her first WTA Tour match at 14. The heartache and regrets she weathered for the seven years that have passed since her only other appearance in a Grand Slam final. It all dissipated in a flurry of crushing groundstrokes that rolled over Aryna Sabalenka, the world No. 1 and the two-time Australian
Madison Keys’ Australian Open win: An overnight tennis success story 16 years in the making
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Be brave. That's what Madison Keys kept telling herself on the way to winning the Australian Open
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