Madison Keys made history on Saturday, becoming the oldest woman to win her first Grand Slam title at the 2025 Australian Open. The post ‘Didn’t Know What Tennis Was’- Madison Keys Unveils How American Idol’s Fashion Outing Inspired Her Tennis Dream appeared first on EssentiallySports.

The newlywed Keys, whose husband and coach is former American tennis player Bjorn Fratangelo, said after some much needed sleep, they'll be "back to work on Monday" to prepare for "lots of tournaments" including the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells and the Miami Open back to back in March.

Madison Keys is the 2025 Australian Open champion. The 29-year-old won her first major of the year after overcoming defending champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 to win the first major of

Madison Keys once candidly shared her perspective on her ethnicity during the 2015 Australian Open. The American made the remarks after Serena Williams had welcomed a matchup with a fellow African American player at the Melbourne Slam.

Perhaps they remember her from Junior Orange Bowl tournaments at Salvadore Park and Biltmore Tennis Center in Coral Gables, or from the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, where 5-foot-10 Keys dazzled spectators with her 114 mph serve as a 14-year-old in the Orange Bowl Under-18s division.

Serena Williams has also come forward to praise and congratulate Madison Keys on winning her career's first Australian Open and Grand Slam title.According to Sportskeeda, Keys ended Aryan Sabalenka's 20-match winning streak and her dreams for

Madison Keys has been through her fair share of gut-wrenching losses and injuries over her 15-year career. But her hard work and earnest perseverance was finally rewarded in spades at the.

Madison Keys was a tennis prodigy, beating Serena Williams when she was just 14 years old, but had not won a grand slam title in her 15 year career.

Keys, ranked 14th and seeded 19th, prevented Sabalenka from earning what would have been her third women's trophy in a row at the Australian Open — something last accomplished by Martina Hingis from 1997-99 — and her fourth major title overall.

Be brave. Go for it. Those were the mantras Madison Keys turned to as she confronted the most significant points of her tennis career, trapped in the cauldron of a third set that was tied at 5-all, 30-all in the Australian Open final against two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday.

Madison Keys has joined the likes of Venus and Serena Williams in a unique club with her triumph at the 2025 Australian Open.