MELBOURNE, Australia – Madison Keys ta samu nasarar shiga wasan karshe na gasar Australian Open bayan ta doke Iga Swiatek a wasan daf da na kusa da karshe da ci 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10-8). Wannan shi ne karo na biyu da ta kai wasan karshe na gasar Grand Slam, bayan ta yi nasara a gasar US Open a shekarar 2017.
Keys ta fara wasan da kyau, inda ta yi nasara a set na farko da ci 6-4. Amma Swiatek ta dawo da karfi a set na biyu, inda ta doke Keys da ci 6-3. A set na uku, wasan ya kasance mai cike da tashin hankali, inda Keys ta yi nasarar tserewa daga match point a lokacin da ta yi ci 7-6 a cikin tie-break.
Bayan wasan, Keys ta bayyana cewa ta yi fice a wasan kuma ta yi fatan ta ci gaba da yin nasara a wasan karshe. “Ina matukar farin ciki da na kai wasan karshe. Wannan wasan ya kasance mai tsanani kuma na yi kokari na tsayawa a ciki,” in ji Keys a bayyane.
A wasan karshe, Keys za ta fafata da Aryna Sabalenka, wacce ke neman lashe gasar Australian Open a karo na uku. Sabalenka ta yi nasara a wasan daf da na kusa da karshe da ci 6-3, 6-2 a kan Coco Gauff.
Keys ta bayyana cewa ta shirya don wasan karshe kuma tana fatan ta yi nasara. “Zan yi kokari na yi nasara a wasan karshe. Sabalenka ‘yar wasa ce mai karfi, amma ina fatan zan iya doke ta,” in ji Keys.
