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Tennis-Australian Open champion Keys knocked out by Pegula in fourth round

By Thomson Reuters Jan 25, 2026 | 8:07 PM

MELBOURNE, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Defending Australian Open ‍champion Madison Keys was knocked out of the Melbourne ‌Park Grand ‌Slam after a 6-3 6-4 loss to fellow American ​Jessica Pegula at ‍Rod Laver ​Arena on ​Monday.

Keys struggled ‍to cope with Pegula’s aggressive tennis from the start ‍and was too error prone to ‍stop ‍her title ​defence from ​ending ⁠in the ‌fourth round.

(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Melbourne; Editing by Peter ⁠Rutherford)