MELBOURNE, Australia – A ranar 23 ga Janairu, 2025, ‘yar wasan tennis ta Poland Iga Świątek ta fafata da Madison Keys na Amurka a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar Australian Open. Wasan ya kasance mai cike da tashin hankali, inda Świątek ta yi rashin nasara a wasan da ya ƙare da ci 7-5, 1-6, 6-7 (8-10).
A cikin sa’a na farko, Świątek ta yi nasara da ci 7-5, amma Keys ta dawo da karfi a sa’a na biyu inda ta ci 6-1. Sa’a na uku, wanda ya zama mafi mahimmanci, ya kasance mai cike da tashin hankali, inda Keys ta yi nasara a wasan da ya ƙare da ci 6-7 (8-10).
Wani abin mamaki ya faru a lokacin wasan sa’a na farko lokacin da Keys ta yi kuskuren da ba a saba gani ba a wasan tennis na ƙwararrun. Ta buga ƙwallon da ƙarfi zuwa ga net, wanda ya sa masu sharhi na Eurosport suka yi kuka da cewa, “O Jezus Chrystus!”
Świątek, wacce ta kasance ta biyu a duniya, ta yi ƙoƙarin komawa kan gaba a cikin jerin sunayen WTA, amma ta yi rashin nasara a wannan wasan. Keys za ta fafata da Aryna Sabalenka na Belarus a wasan karshe, wanda za a yi a ranar 25 ga Janairu, 2025.
Sabalenka ta yi nasara a wasan kusa da na karshe da Paula Badosa na Spain da ci 6-4, 6-2. Ta kasance mai jagorancin jerin sunayen WTA tun Oktoba 2024.
Duk wasannin Australian Open, ciki har da wasan karshe, za a iya kallon su a kan Eurosport 1 da kuma dandamali na Max.