Years of personal work have enabled the Australian Open champion to showcase her talent on the biggest stage
Madison Keys of the United States poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup at Brighton Life Saving Club in Melbourne a day after winning the Australian Open women's singles title. Photograph: Kelly Defina/Getty Images“Lots of therapy,” said a delirious, exhausted Madison Keys as she finally appeared at her post-match press conference in the early hours of Sunday morning.
It took years of personal work for Keys to be willing to change her physical and mental approach. After seeing a sports psychologist for a long time, Keys says that addressing her mental health and approach in general therapy, and putting herself in uncomfortable positions, helped her to break through.Australian Open: Madison Keys shocks Aryna Sabalenka to win title“I really kind of bought into it,” she said.
“Just being really honest and actually getting help and talking to someone, and not just about tennis but about how I felt about myself,” she added. “Again, very uncomfortable. I never really like to be uncomfortable. I honestly think that had I not done that, then I wouldn’t be sitting here.” When her destructive groundstrokes are in full flow, Keys can look like the best player in the world, but her career has also been filled with moments when her shots land closer to the back fence than the baseline. She has spent much of her career trying to contain her power, to play with greater margin and nous in order to achieve her goals. As she tried to find a balance in her game, she has worked her way through countless coaches.
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