{"id":11512,"date":"2025-01-25T16:26:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T16:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11512"},"modified":"2025-01-25T16:26:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T16:26:58","slug":"madison-keys-praises-husbands-coaching-impact-after-australian-open-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11512","title":{"rendered":"Madison Keys Praises Husband’s Coaching Impact After Australian Open Win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Madison Keys paid tribute to her coach and new husband Bjorn Fratangelo saying it “was the best honeymoon ever” after winning her first Grand Slam title on Saturday aged 29 – and then revealed he did not even want the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American battled injury and self-doubts last year and curtailed her season early, in October, to get married.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I feel like this is the best honeymoon ever. This is perfect,”<\/strong> a beaming Keys<\/a> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former teen prodigy, who first won a WTA match at 14, has now finally got her hands on a major after beating two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> 6-3, 2-6, 7-5<\/a> in the Australian Open final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I have the most supportive, best husband in the entire world, who didn’t even want to coach me,”<\/strong> Keys said on Channel Nine TV straight after lifting the trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And I was like, please, please come with me.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So it took some arm-twisting, and he has just been the most supportive, and he’s fully believed in me every step of the way.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She overcame fierce three-set challenges from both the two top seeds, Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek<\/a>, in the semi-final and final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I have absolutely the greatest team,”<\/strong> Keys said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They have really believed in me in the moments that I didn’t believe in myself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They helped me completely rebuild after some pretty gnarly injuries last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And if it wasn’t for those three people who have been cheering me on all week through all of the three-set matches, I wouldn’t be here.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keys is on a tour-leading 12-match unbeaten streak after lifting the Adelaide International trophy two weeks ago and will move up to world number seven, equalling her career-best ranking from 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think dealing with some of the injuries that I dealt with last year really kind of forced me into some changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It made me kind of have to stop being stubborn and listen to my husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It pushed me to get a little bit uncomfortable and be okay with that. And I feel like buying into that just set me up to start playing some really good tennis.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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