American veteran Madison Kiss finally achieved the success of winning her Grand Slam at the 46th attempt. The 29-year-old Maddison became the new Queen of Melbourne by beating Belarus’ Aryana Sabalenka 6-3,2-6, 7-5 in the Australian Open women’s singles final at Melbourne Park on Saturday.
With this, Sabalenko was deprived of a hat-trick of Australian Open Grand Slam wins. He won the Australian Open title in 2023 and 2024. Martina Hingis last recorded a hat-trick of Australian Open wins from 1997 to 1999. In addition, Sabalenko’s winning streak of 20 consecutive matches and 11 consecutive matches of the season at Melbourne Park also stopped. Madison managed to impress everyone by entering the semi-finals of the 2015 Australian Open for the first time. She then reached the final of the US Open in 2017 but could not win the trophy. Madison also became the first American player to win the trophy in five years. Finally in 2020, Sofia Kenin won the title by defeating Spain’s Gurbine Muguruza in three sets.
First time in 16 years: Madison became the first player in 16 years to win a Grand Slam by defeating the No.1 and No.2. He defeated second seed Iga Sviatek in the semifinals before Sabalenko. Earlier in 2009 French Open, Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova won the Grand Slam by defeating Serena Williams and Dinara Safina.
Third player : Madison is only the third player to win his first major trophy after playing in the most Grand Slams. Earlier, Italy’s Flavia Panetta won the first major title in the 49th attempt and France’s Marian Bartoli in the 47th attempt.
will reach the seventh position : Madison’s win in Melbourne will move her to a career-Best seventh in the women’s world rankings released by the WTA on Monday. She was ranked seventh for three weeks in 2016. It is his 12th consecutive victory in the current season.
Fifth Player of the Open Era: Madison has won her last four matches in three sets to become the fifth player of the Open era to win the Australian Open. She is the fifth player to win a Grand Slam after Sue Barker (French Open, 1976), Cochinta Martinez (Wimbledon, 1994), Maria Sharapova (French Open, 2014) and Jelena Ostapenko (French Open, 2017).
