When Indian Wells, California -Madison Key was 10 years old, her family moved from a small village in Illinois to Florida and trained at the Tennis Academy in Chris Evert. Expectations were high and she dreamed of getting a grand slam title.
It didn’t take long to reach the biggest stage of the key. She made her 16 -year -old main draw debut at US Open and even won the first round.
However, despite over -advertising and her ambitions, you will show 46 main draw slams filled with deep running and initial exits and the final appearance at the 2017 US Open. The key is to achieve her unusual focus as long as she can remember. In January, she defeated the second defensive champion and the world’s No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the final, and Keys became Australia’s open champion.
As she didn’t want to lose her work, she traveled home with three different flights with trophy. After the whirlwind of the media appearing in New York, Keys returned home with his husband and Bjorn Fratangelo coach and immediately became a ghost.
She was sent on the sofa for the next three days.
Keys (30) told ESPN that he was “emotionally drained” before the BNP Paribas Open this week. “My words, you were just experiencing the highest level and you returned home and it’s just over. I was a comatos who tried to recover by default. It was an amazing achievement. I was so happy, but the emotional roller coaster is a bit amazing.”
The height of his fifth place is not the first to experience the disappointment after this slope. In fact, she said she was warned.
Kiss said, “In fact, how many former players have reached, ‘the real crisis is completely normal’ is actually fun.”
Some players told her that her first practice would be a difficult thing. And according to her, he said “tragedy.” But more importantly, she told her that she had to think about everything she knew. What is the new goal because she has achieved one of her fueled fuel? What keeps her motivation?
The world’s no., the only major title at the US Open in 2020 The three -person Dominic Thiem talked about the title that achieved the feat.
“later [the US Open] Thiem was in the state of Euphoria in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Der Standard in 2021. But during this season, I fell into the hall … I sent a big goal for 15 years without seeing the left or right. As I said [and then] I achieved it. “
Three major champions Ashleigh Barty recently reversed THIEM’s feelings by promoting her book “My Dream Time”.
BARTY recently said in an interview with NEWS Corp, “It was one thing I wanted to do with my career to win Wimbledon.”
She added her book about her feelings at the time. “I don’t know what I’m doing anymore. I think it’s over. I have nothing left and there is no fireworks.”
Barty could never find it again and retired after the world’s No. 1 and 25 years of age despite winning the Australian Open in 2022.
The height he decided not to have a similar path was active. She began working with a psychologist about a year ago and is watching her every week since she returned from Australia. The key shared with all the emotions he felt since her victory and was convinced that she felt quite different than she expected. The height married in November was compared to the day after the wedding. “This is the same as with all this plan. All of this accumulation and the next morning,” Wait? “
She was very helpful to talk about all of this, and she is proud of her vulnerable and “cruel honest”. It was possible to find a point of view while she always thought it was the best time in her life.
And instead of rushing to competition, the key allowed a rare time. Most of her colleagues competed in the Middle East at Doha and Dubai’s 1000-stage events, and Keys was in Orlando-Aea’s house and was trained at the National Campus of the USTA. During that period, she was soaked around the younger generation of the younger generation who practiced. It’s hard for sports like tennis with tournaments every week. And it provided her an unexpected self -improvement.
Kiss said, “They were always a visor and said,” I’m wearing a hat because of you now. “
What she likes by her fellow players is always proud of her. While some players actively avoid pursuing friendships to maintain their competitive advantage, the key likes to be a friendly face or hearing ear in the locker room.
The reception of her Australian public victory made her rich respect for her colleagues. Everyone on a tour of the current stars, such as Serena Williams in the current stars such as COCO Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Sloane Stephens, has celebrated even a lot of men’s destinations.
It’s worth it
Go madiii !!!
-COCO Gauff (@CoCogauff) January 25, 2025
We want to see it !!!! There is a lot of value in every way as possible https://t.co/0Qokfoja79
-Jessie Pegula (@jpegula) January 25, 2025
“Taylor Fritz, the world’s fourth -largest, top -ranked American Taylor Fritz, told ESPN that she was truly so happy to her.” Fritz has known the key since his teenagers. [US Open] It is surprising to see what happens for her last few years ago. My words, she really deserves that. “
In the case of height, this type of reaction means everything.
Kiss said, “I always wanted to be a good person. “I always rebelled against the idea that good people could not be successful. I always hated the story line, and if I won the Grand Slam, I mean that I have to change myself as a person.
“So it really felt the amount of support that I gained from me. ‘Okay, I think I’m fine.” It’s really important to me and it’s almost special than winning.
Keys will open six weeks after the moment you define your career at BNP Paribas this week. In the fifth place, she received the first round and will face Anastasia Potapova on Saturday. At any time, she will have more eyes to her.
She knows that her expectations are high, but she knows what she can do and doesn’t get too much pressure. Keys didn’t find her new goals well and she wanted to give it time to do so. Before the Australian Open, she made peace with the realization that she would never overcome her major that her psychologist helped her. And the situation has changed clearly, but she has brought the same way to the latest chapter.
“‘Okay, I did it again, maybe you can do it again.’ [Slam]Keys said. “But the reality is that there are a lot of great players, and it’s really hard to win, so it won’t happen again, and it’s okay too …
“So for the time being, I think my goal is honest in managing my expectations, continuing to continue working and doing what I’ve really done, and really to enjoy the process.
