Follow live reaction to Madison Keys’ winning her first Grand Slam title after a thrilling 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 final victory over Aryna Sabalenka

The 29-year-old became the fourth-oldest first-time Grand Slam champion in the professional era, ending Sabalenka's bid for a third straight Melbourne Park crown.

The Madison Keys who will play two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka for the title at the Australian Open is not the same players who was the runner-up at the U.S. Open in 2017.

Madison Keys sealed her maiden Grand Slam title with a three-set win over two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the women's singles final at the Australian Open on Saturday.

Madison Keys stunned Aryna Sabalenka in the Australian Open women’s final to win her long-awaited first grand slam title while denying the World No 1 a historic ‘three-peat’. Keys halted Sabalenka’s winning run in Melbourne and triumphed in the battle of two big-hitters, winning 6-3 2-6 7-5 in a thrilling deciding set on the Rod Laver Arena.

Aryna Sabalenka saw her two-year reign at the Australian Open end after losing to Madison Keys in the final – and she didn’t take it well.

American Madison Keys dethroned Aryna Sabalenka to become the oldest first-time winner of the women’s singles title at the Australian Open.

Keys, born in Illinois and now based in Florida, is the oldest woman to become a first-time Slam champ since Flavia Pennetta, who was 33 at the 2015 US Open.

An inspired Madison Keys ripped up the script with a bold and brilliant performance to end Aryna Sabalenka's Australian Open reign and win her maiden Grand Slam trophy on Saturday. Keys' 6-3 2-6 7-5 v

World No1 denied third consecutive Melbourne triumph as American becomes one of the oldest first-time Grand Slam winners of the Open era

American Madison Keys upset two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 during the Australian Open final Saturday night.