Keys tours Melbourne's Brighton Beach with AO trophy
Australian Open champion Madison Keys toured Melbourne's Brighton Beach for her first public appearance after winning her first Grand Slam title.
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Newly-crowned Australian Open champion Madison Keys stepped out with her newest accessory, the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, on Sunday at Melbourne's Brighton Beach.
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Seven years after reaching her first major final at the US Open, Keys denied Aryna Sabalenka a three-peat in Melbourne.
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Brighton Beach is one of Melbourne's most popular tourist stops in the city's suburbs.
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Keys wore a mineral-blue pleated Reformation dress for the photo shoot.
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She also posed in front of the beach's famous Brighton Bathing Boxes, a row of more than 90 rainbow beach huts.
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In addition to speaking with media, Keys was also interviewed by a youngster representing Tennis Australia's Hot Shot youth program.
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The champion later got to celebrate with a champagne shower.
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She earned that trophy: Keys is the first player in the Open Era to win the Australian Open with three-set victories in her final four rounds.
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Keys will return to her career high of No.7 in the PIF WTA Rankings on Monday. She last held that position for three weeks in October 2016.
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Keys was the fourth American woman this decade to make an AO final, and the second to win after Sofia Kenin in 2020.
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