Madison Keys reacts to what Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka have said about her after her first Australian Open title win

Madison Keys enjoyed one of the most impressive Grand Slam runs in recent memory to emerge victorious at the Australian Open.

Martina Navratilova has congratulated Keys on her maiden Grand Slam title, which she won after a thrilling final with Aryna Sabalenka.

Sabalenka said Keys played ‘incredible’ in their clash at Rod Laver Arena, which ended 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in favour of the latter.

Keys was competing in her second Grand Slam final, having lost the 2017 US Open final to Sloane Stephens.

But she couldn’t be stopped at the Australian Open this time around, with the 29-year-old battling past several top opponents on her way to the title.

Madison Keys wants to be proud of her tennis after Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek praise

Keys was forced to make it past second seed and five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek in the semi-final, before beating top seed and world number one Sabalenka in the final.

Both the Pole and the Belarusian admitted to feeling essentially powerless against the big-hitting American when she was on such form, with Keys now issuing her response to the ultimately flattering verdicts.

“I feel like that is kind of just how I want to play tennis,” she said on the WTA Insider Podcast. “I am not going to sit there and say that forehand at 30-30 is going to go in all the time.

“Sometimes it’s going to go out, sometimes I might bury it at the bottom of the net. But sometimes it will go in.