Keys’ success is all the more impressive considering her injury woes in 2024.
The 29-year-old missed last year’s Australian Open with a shoulder injury before a hamstring problem ended her Wimbledon run in the fourth round.
Determined to keep competing, Keys – on the advice of her coach and now husband Bjorn Fratangelo – decided to make a change.
Fratangelo convinced her to switch her Wilson racquets for Japanese brand Yonex – a swap he thought would limit her injuries.
“I have no idea why I like this racquet, what it does, like, all the specifics of it. I just knew when I picked it up, it felt really good, and that was the winner,” Keys told Bounces on Tuesday., external
And just before the pair got married in November, Fratangelo dragged a “kicking and screaming” Keys into reworking her service motion.
“If you are going to rip things apart, you might as well rip everything apart, right?” she said.
