{"id":289179,"date":"2023-09-09T01:34:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T01:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=289179"},"modified":"2023-09-09T01:34:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T01:34:46","slug":"madison-keys-breaks-down-in-tears-after-us-open-semifinals-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/madison-keys-breaks-down-in-tears-after-us-open-semifinals-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison Keys breaks down in tears after US Open semifinals loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Madison Keys breaks down at press conference after US Open semifinals loss, garnering support from tennis fans on social media<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Keys bowed out of the tournament on Thursday\u00a0to No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 28-year-old Illinoisan won the first set but couldn&#8217;t find her grove afterwards<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Madison Keys broke down in tears at a press conference after her semifinals loss at the US Open, leaving fans gutted and rooting for her, as she struggled to contain her emotions post-match.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Keys, 28, lost in three sets to No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, who will face Coco Gauff for the women&#8217;s title on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And after her defeat, Keys struggled to put her feelings into words while talking with reporters, and as a result, amassed support from tennis fans on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think everyone at the start of the tournament would be really, really excited to be in the semis. Right now, it sucks,&#8217; Keys said, as she became teary.<\/p>\n<p>The native of Rock Island, Illinois, won the first set, 6-0, before being on the losing end of the last two following two tiebreakers, 6-7 (1) and 6-7 (10-5).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/00\/75233845-12497991-image-a-41_1694215706150.jpg\" height=\"348\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Madison Keys had to fight back tears after her US Open semi-finals loss on Thursday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/00\/75233847-12497991-image-a-42_1694215723123.jpg\" height=\"354\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keys &#8211; ranked No. 17 &#8211; cried at a press conference after losing to No. 2 seed\u00a0Aryna Sabalenka<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/00\/75233869-12497991-image-a-33_1694215567747.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keys won the first set of Thursday night&#8217;s game, 6-0, before losing two tiebreaks to\u00a0Sabalenka<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Yeah I just think, being able to take this and turn it into a positive is really possible,&#8217; said Keys before pausing 10 seconds to push back tears. &#8216;Yeah, there&#8217;s a lot to be proud of and there&#8217;s still a ton of tennis to be played this season.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once the press conference was over, Keys, the No. 17 seed, wept a bit more as she walked off stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After coming out of the tunnel with guns blazing, Keys won the first set, 6-0, and led 5-3 in the second. She even served for the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tennis fans on social media gathered around Keys after her brutally honest interview.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s quite alright to be damn disappointed, to say this sucks big time. Kudos for Mads,&#8217; one user wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/00\/75233937-12497991-image-a-39_1694215645833.jpg\" height=\"179\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/00\/75233921-12497991-image-a-38_1694215642540.jpg\" height=\"273\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/00\/75233915-12497991-image-a-37_1694215641362.jpg\" height=\"190\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/00\/75233917-12497991-image-a-36_1694215638826.jpg\" height=\"159\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/00\/75233913-12497991-Fans_on-a-43_1694215839479.jpg\" height=\"185\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans on X, formerly known as Twitter, gathered around Keys after her display of raw emotions<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/00\/75233881-12497991-image-a-44_1694215867642.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka will next face Coco Gauff &#8211; the crowd favorite &#8211; on\u00a0 Saturday at Arthur Ashe Stadium<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What a tough loss for Madison. Some players are never the same after tough losses like this one. I believe that she&#8217;ll bounce back, and sometimes a coaching change is needed. Women tennis players always cry on or off the court when they lose big matches, and that&#8217;s ok,&#8217; another person tweeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She did great,&#8217; another fan responded. &#8216;tough one to lose but this girl is a fighter.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Best I&#8217;ve ever seen her play and I&#8217;ve been watching her career from the beginning. Nothing to be ashamed of. Hold you head, high Maddy,&#8217; shared a different individual.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;@Madison_Keys We are proud of what you displayed these last few days. You&#8217;ve proven that you&#8217;re still one of the best. Keep your head up as many more victories await,&#8217; said another user.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka, who won the Australian Open in January, will play against Gauff, the No. 6 seed, on Saturday at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12497991\/Madison-Keys-breaks-press-conference-Open-semifinals-loss-garnering-support-tennis-fans-social-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madison Keys breaks down at press conference after US Open semifinals loss, garnering support from tennis fans on social media Keys bowed out of the tournament on Thursday\u00a0to No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka The 28-year-old Illinoisan won the first set but couldn&#8217;t find her grove afterwards DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0 Madison [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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