Madison Keys had a tough home slam, exiting the third round in tears after blowing a 5-0 lead in the deciding set against Qinwen Zheng, one of two identical comebacks Zheng pulled off during that run.
Madison Keys has hit back amid questioning as of late bizarrely with people thinking she is pregnant amid her recent US Open exit. The 2025 Australian
Madison Keys has hit back amid questioning as of late bizarrely with people thinking she is pregnant amid her recent US Open exit. The 2025 Australian
It was a difficult US Open for senior American WTA star Madison Keys. Entering the tournament as one of the leading American hopes at Flushing Meadows, Keys struggled to handle the pressure and found herself pushed to the brink in the early rounds.
Aryna Sabalenka was not about to let a reporter turn sponsor work into a partying narrative. After her second-round win over Polina Iatcenko, The Athletic’s Matt Futterman described her pre-tournament week as being filled with parties and fun, and Sabalenka shut the framing down almost immediately.
When Madison Keys arrived in Rome last year, fresh off the first Grand Slam victory of her career, she was met with plenty of questions. But one in particular caught her attention: could she see herself becoming a tennis mom someday?
After beating Naomi Osaka in the 2026 U.S. Open quarterfinals, Elena Rybakina rose to No. 1 in the WTA live rankings. Rybakina put an end to any doubts about who the best player is on the WTA Tour with a 7-6, 6-2 win over Aryna Sabalenka in the 2026 U.S. Open Women's Championship match on Saturday.
US Open Chaos reached another level when Zheng Qinwen turned a 5-0 third-set deficit into a stunning victory over Madison Keys. The qualifier won the final seven games to prevail 1-6, 7-6(3), 7-5, while Coco Gauff quietly advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Cristina Bucsa.
The same racket that propels tennis players to glory is also often the one that bears the brunt of being smashed when its efforts land in a losing cause.
Tennis can be such a tough sport to watch sometimes that it’s difficult to even comprehend what a player might be going through on court. Even with people
Zheng Qinwen overturned a 5-0 third-set deficit and saved match point to defeat 22nd seed Madison Keys 1-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5 Zheng, who entered through qualifying after dropping to world No.
Losing a match after having a 5-0 lead in the deciding set could be derailing for any player, but Madison Keys appeared composed after her brutal US Open loss against Qinwen Zheng.
Trailing 5-0 in the third set against No. 22 seed Madison Keys, Qinwen Zheng staged a thrilling comeback by winning the next seven games to secure a 1-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5 victory on Saturday and reach the fourth round of the U.S.
Keys' roller-coaster 2026 U.S. Open ended in devastating fashion.
The U.S. Open is full of blockbuster third-round women's matches on Saturday.
If 22nd-seeded Madison Keys makes a deep run in the U.S. Open, tennis fans might refer to Thursday's match on raucous Court 17 as "The Madison Miracle." The 2017 runner-up rallied from a 5-2 third-set deficit, staving off five match points to edge Hungary's Anna Bondar, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in a second-round contest in New York.
Former US Open Women's Champions Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka and Iga Swiatek highlight the draw on Day 5 on Thursday.
Sara Bejlek is through to her first career WTA 1000 semifinal, and she got there the hard way. The 20-year-old Czech player continued her run of upsets at the Cincinnati Open by rallying past 20th-seeded Madison Keys 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinals on Friday at Mason, Ohio.
As Wimbledon's main draw enters its second week, American women have a larger presence than at any time in recent history.
Madison Keys joined an exclusive club on Saturday by defeating Germany's Tatjana Maria 7-5, 6-4 to claim her third Eastbourne Open championship in the United Kingdom.
There’s something about clay season that turns tennis into a strange little soap opera. One week you’re blasting winners like a superhero, the next week you’re staring at the red dirt, wondering how your forehand suddenly forgot its GPS coordinates.
Aryna Sabalenka is in elite company.
No. 6 seed Madison Keys was bounced from the U.S. Open in the first round when she fell 6-7 (10), 7-6 (3), 7-5 to unseeded Renata Zarazua of Mexico on Monday at New York.
This is Madison Keys' first US Open as a Grand Slam winner, having earlier this year defeated the number one in the world, Aryna Sabalenka, to the title in Melbourne.
Although her Roland Garros title quest fell short at the quarterfinal stage, American tennis star Madison Keys appears ready to make the transition to grass courts.
World No. 2 Coco Gauff will face No. 8 Madison Keys in an All-American French Open quarterfinal on Wednesday.
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