Sloane Stephens, who was bounced in the first round of the U.S Open, posted a video before No. 17 Madison Keys' quarterfinal matchup against Marketa Vondrousova, saying that she would be passing ...

Madison Keys out to unlock secret of grand slam success in Australian Open final Keys will try to end Aryna Sabalenka’s winning run at Melbourne Park after upsetting Iga Swiatek.

Then, at 22, Keys reached her first grand slam final at the US Open. In the biggest match of her life and on the biggest court in tennis, she was blown away by Sloane Stephens in just 61 minutes.

For Keys, it was a complete 180 from her first Grand Slam final experience at the 2017 US Open when her game never really showed up and lost quickly to her friend Sloane Stephens.

Madison Keys, of the United States, left, holds up the finalist trophy as Sloane Stephens, of the United States, holds the championship trophy after Stephens won the women's singles final of the U ...

Madison Keys shocks Aryna Sabalenka to win Australian Open title - The American former teen star held her nerve to claim a 6-3 2-6 7-5 victory over the two-time defending champion.

The 6-3, 6-0 loss at age 22 to her close friend Sloane Stephens at Arthur Ashe Stadium with a trophy at stake helped shape the way Keys will approach matters when she steps into Rod Laver Arena ...

It has been over seven years since Madison Keys crushed CoCo Vandeweghe in the 2017 US Open semifinal. Sloane Stephens defeated her close friend in the final, and it seemed like Keys might never ...

In her only previous Grand Slam final at the US Open eight years ago, Keys had been paralysed by nerves and won only three games against good friend Sloane Stephens.

Since then, she'd played in five Grand Slam singles semis, reaching the finals only at the 2017 U.S. Open, where she lost 6-3, 6-0 to Sloane Stephens.

Unseeded Sloane Stephens produced an emphatic display to dismantle fellow American Madison Keys and win her first Grand Slam title at the US Open on Saturday.

Keys had lost her only other Grand Slam final, to fellow American Sloane Stephens at the U.S. Open in 2017. She will take home $2.2 million with the title, while Sabalenka receives $1.2 million.