Keys: 'I Felt Like I Couldn't Play Tennis'

"Nothing in Sports Is Worth That": Madison Keys' Behavior After Losing Sparks Concern From Veteran Tennis Reporter

Losing a tennis match can be painful. Losing one after holding a 5-0 lead in the deciding set can, however, be more devastating. But for veteran tennis reporter Christopher Clarey, even that level of disappointment does not justify an athlete starting to hit themselves with their racket in the name of frustration. “How can we […]

Keys: 'I felt like I couldn't play tennis'

Keys squandered a 5-0 lead in the third set, wasting a match point and dropping the last seven games to fall to Olympic gold medallist Zheng Qinwen of China 1-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5. "I obviously got off to a really good lead, and then I got really scared, like I couldn't swing," Keys said of the third-set implosion that had her banging her head with her racquet in frustration.. "At the end, I think she started playing better; I started playing poorl…