American tennis star Madison Keys takes swipe at Trump admin at Australian Open

American tennis prima Madison Keys said Thursday she hoped the U.S. tin "come unneurotic and get backmost to the values that I deliberation marque our state great" erstwhile asked astir President Donald Trump's 2nd word astatine the Australian Open.

The swipe came aft Keys defeated Ashlyn Krueger successful the 2nd circular of the Australian Open and up of her lucifer against Karolina Pliskova. A newsman astatine the Grand Slam tourney has routinely been asking American players their thoughts connected the U.S. 1 twelvemonth into Trump’s 2nd term.

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Madison Keyes of the United States reacts during property league up of the Australian Open tennis title successful Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

"A twelvemonth into the 2nd Trump administration, tensions successful the U.S. are beauteous ridiculously high," the newsman claimed. "I’m conscionable wondering however bash you consciousness personally astir what the Trump medication has been doing and however has it felt to you erstwhile you’ve spent clip successful the U.S.?"

"I deliberation my stance has been beauteous obvious. I deliberation it’s beauteous evident wherever I stand," Keys responded. "I americium hopeful that we arsenic a state tin travel unneurotic and get backmost to the values that I deliberation marque our state great.

Madison Keys of the U.S. plays a forehand instrumentality to compatriot Ashlyn Krueger during their 2nd circular lucifer astatine the Australian Open tennis title successful Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.  (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

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"I americium not a instrumentality of divisiveness. I deliberation the quality of the U.S. is that we are a mixing pot. We are precise diverse. We are a location of immigrants. And I anticipation that we tin get backmost to those values."

Keys had akin critiques astir Trump backmost successful June during Wimbledon.

Madison Keys of the United States aft her archetypal circular lucifer against Oleksandra Oliynykova of Ukraine during the 2026 Australian Open astatine Melbourne Park. (Jaimi Joy/Reuters)

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"Sometimes it's hard to unopen it disconnected capable that you don't propulsion your hairsbreadth out," she said of the expected challenges of trying to enactment informed connected nationalist topics.

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