Former British tennis participant and Madison Keys’ buddy Laura Robson reveals the American tennis star was doping examined on the identical night of her Australian Open victory.
10 days in the past, the 29-year-old turned the primary participant since 2022 to beat Aryna Sabalenka in Melbourne after registering a 6-3 2-6 7-5 win.
For Keys, it was simply certainly one of her a number of large wins at this yr’s Australian Open as she additionally beat Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina, Elina Svitolina and Danielle Collins en path to successful the title.
And shortly after her extremely spectacular Australian Open run got here to an finish, the brand new world No. 7 was met by the anti-doping authorities, who needed her to offer a pattern to be examined.
Robson: After giving interviews and all that stuff, Keys was doping examined
“There were so many commitments. To be honest, I didn’t know that there were that many commitments because she went and did all the TV stuff straight away,” the previous British tennis star instructed Specific-Sport.
“Then she came back, then had anti-doping, which is just a spanner in the works, because you just don’t know how long it’s going to take you to need to go!
“After which needed to do all of the press convention and every part, so, yeah, I believe we ended up leaving round 2 within the morning.”
Madison Keys© Australian Open/Instagram – Truthful Use
During the last six months, there was lots of speak in regards to the anti-doping programme in tennis.
Within the aftermath of the Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek instances, a number of gamers publicly got here out and revealed that they commonly meet the anti-doping officers.
With that being stated, it should not be shocking that Keys was examined shortly after the largest win of her profession.
In the meantime, the American tennis star was slated to return to motion subsequent week in Doha however she has withdrawn from the match as a result of she feels she wants extra relaxation.
