Madison Keys stunned World No.2 Iga Swiatek to reach the final of the Australian Open for the first time.
A dramatic come-from-behind victory was decided by an historic tiebreak, and extended the American’s impressive start to the 2025 season with a landmark success.
Coming into this year’s tournament, Keys had not featured in the final of a Grand Slam since 2017.
The eight-year gap between her first two Grand Slam singles finals is the longest in the Open Era, per Opta.
She had also lost five of her previous six Grand Slam semi-finals, all to players that had been or would go on to be major champions.
Keys, the 2017 US Open runner-up fell at the semifinal stage of the Australian Open in 2015 and 2022, and was beaten in the last four of the US Open in 2023, but has now booked her place in the showpiece event with a 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) win over Swiatek.
It was the first ever semifinal at the Australian Open to be decided by a third-set tiebreak.
Keys appeared tearful after her big win will now face Aryna Sabalenka in the final at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday.
If she is to win her first career Grand Slam, the American will have to take down the World No.1, who is almost unstoppable on the hard court.
Sabalenka booked her place in the final with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Spain’s Paula Badosa, and in doing so became the eighth player in the Open Era to reach three consecutive women’s singles finals at the Australian Open.
The Belarusian star is also just the fifth player in the Open Era to reach five consecutive women’s singles Grand Slam hard court finals, after Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Martina Hingis.
Sabalenka has now picked up 20 straight victories at the Australian Open, dating back to her dominant performance in 2023 when she dropped only one set en route to her first major.
Sabalenka has a chance to win three straight Australian Open finals – but Keys stands in her wayLast year, she coasted to her second title without dropping a set, securing a 6-3, 6-2 win in the final against Qinwen Zheng.
Only Keys, the No.19 seed, stands in her way of equalling Hingis’ three straight titles between 1997 and 1999.
Keys was in tears after her tiebreak win“That match was such a high level and she played so well. I was fighting to stay in it,” Keys said after her semifinal win.
“Ran with it in the second and the third was such a battle. I’m so excited that I get to be here on Saturday.”
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