American tennis star Madison Keys has defeated top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus at the 2025 Australian Open to win her first Grand Slam. Keys, ranked No. 19, came in as a heavy underdog but won the match 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, ESPN reported. The 29-year-old star also became the second-oldest first-time women’s winner at the Australian Open. China’s Li Na, who won the tournament at age 31 in 2014, is still the oldest first-time winner. Additionally, “she is the first women’s singles player to defeat the world’s top two players at a Grand Slam since Svetlana Kuznetsova at Roland Garros in 2009, and the first to do so at the Australian Open since Serena Williams in 2005,” per Getty Images. These matchups that Madison Keys had to overcome to win the Australian Open 😤 #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/wLa4uh7fxb — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 25, 2025 “I just kept telling myself, ‘Be brave, go for it, just kind of lay it all out on the line.’ At that point, no matter what happens, if I do...