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.
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It all dissipated in a flurry of crushing groundstrokes that rolled over Aryna Sabalenka, the world No. 1 and the two-time Australian Open champion who has been rolling over just about everybody else for the past year. With an inside-out forehand that attached itself to the corner of the
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