Ukrainian tennis player Starodubtseva defeated the champion of the Australian Open 2025 and reached the final of the WTA tournament for the first time in her career. In the semifinals of the competition in Charleston, USA, the Ukrainian faced the American Madison Keys, ranked 18th in the world. The meeting against the Australian Open 2025 champion was the first for Yulia Starodubtseva.
Starodubtseva defeated Keys in two sets — 6:1, 6:4. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. The Ukrainian used six of eight break points, while the American used two of two.
