When Madison Keys stepped into Rod Laver Arena at 7:37 p.m. on Saturday night ahead of the Australian Open final, she strode right past the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup.

American Madison Keys became the oldest woman to become a first-time Grand Slam champ after defeating top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus at the Australian Open.

Aryna Sabalenka has advanced to the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, where she's three wins from achieving something no woman has done since the 1990s. The two-time defending champion extended her winning streak at Melbourne Park to 18 matches with a 6-1,

With wins over No. 2 Iga Swiatek and Sabalenka, Keys is the first woman since Serena Williams in 2005 to defeat both of the WTA’s top players in Melbourne.

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Before giving her speech commending Madison Keys on her Australian Open victory, Aryna Sabalenka let out all her frustration from the match on her racket.

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When Madison Keys stepped into Rod Laver Arena at 7:37 p.m. on Saturday night ahead of the Australian Open final, she strode right past the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup,

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — When Madison Keys stepped into Rod Laver Arena at 7:37 p.m. on Saturday night ahead of the Australian Open final, she strode right past the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, the trophy that goes to the women's champion and was placed on a pedestal near the entrance to the court.

Frustrated world No1 covered her face in a towel and went off court before returning for presentation ceremony

Aryna Sabalenka said trying to out-muscle a similarly powerful Madison Keys in the Australian Open final was the wrong approach and she should have been more tactical after her bid to claim a third straight title at the Grand Slam ended in failure.