Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 26, 2026 Jessica Pegula of the U.S. hugs Madison Keys of the U.S. after winning her fourth round match REUTERS/Edgar Su
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)
