Keys: "I thought people would consider me a failure if I didn't win a Grand Slam"

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Madison Keys has surprised the world so far this year with her great triumph at the 2025 Australian Open. The American does not hesitate to share how this experience has been for her, the importance of that obsession to win a Grand Slam, her evolution not only as a player but as a person off the courts, and the pressure she was living with and has been able to free herself from in recent months.

The biggest surprise she took from Melbourne

"What surprised me the most were my emotions. I think I had never cried tears of joy on a tennis court before," Keys recalled in an interview with Elle. "I started to think: 'If I never win a Slam, will people consider me a failure?' Therapy helped me, and I would say I began to see improvements last year. I had worked hard, and progress was slow, but in the end, it started to give me more and more confidence...".

Beyond tennis

"I kept telling myself: 'I seek progress, not perfection.' It's not just about tennis. It's about trying to be better as a person, not just, you know, trying to be better only in performance... Sometimes I was surprised sitting in a session, and some of the things I said, I didn't even realize I was holding back."

"I think it's almost a balance between the two things. I like to step onto the court with a plan, even if it's just for the first two balls. I want to be a happy and balanced person. I think if I can do that, tennis becomes easier." Thus, Madison demonstrates a spectacular progress with solid evidence of her success in Australia. At the best ranking of her career, Keys will now seek to find consistency, although she already has much of what she needs to continue climbing the rankings and adding victories to her record.

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