The Grandstand Court witnessed a remarkable encounter on Saturday. This season’s Australian Open queen Madison Keys was up against a formidable rival, Germany’s Eva Lys. While the pre-match expectations were mostly siding with Keys, the end result was far from it. Lys gave the American WTA star a run for her money. So much so that it edged to a nail-biting finish. Keys has a tendency to rebound and claw her way back from the jaws of defeat. From a point where she nearly lost the match, the World No.6 somehow turned things around, hilariously, to her own astonishment.
Lys began the proceedings one-sided. She snatched the first set with a breadstick against the slam winner. However, Keys then responded equally, taking the second set 6-3. But it was the decider that was action-packed and p