Former Australian Open champion Madison Keys felt "scared" and as though "I couldn't play tennis anymore," she said Saturday after losing at the US Open.
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 poorly," Keys said.
"Then I felt like I couldn't play tennis anymore. It just felt like it was a much bigger deal than just playing a tennis match all of a sudden."
#like #scared #play
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 poorly," Keys said.
"Then I felt like I couldn't play tennis anymore. It just felt like it was a much bigger deal than just playing a tennis match all of a sudden."
#like #scared #play
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