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As a self-described woman of opinions, Madison Keys put her hand up for a place on the WTA Players’ Council at the Australian Open on Tuesday but the American number three has some work to do on her stump speech. The former US Open finalist was convincing in her 6-2 6-2 first round victory against local teenager Destanee Aiava at Rod Laver Arena and also in her determination to nominate for the players’ body.
“I have opinions. I actually — I really want to be on the player council this year, so hopefully people will vote for me,” the 23-year-old daughter of lawyer parents said. “It’s something that I would really like to be a part of, and I think, you know, it’s our responsibility to help grow our own game, so I would like to be a part of that.
“But I think there are just a lot of different ways that I think we can grow the sport, more, bigger tournaments and all of that. “I mean, I don’t want to be the typical political person who’s like, ‘I promise all these things’, and then you get in and you’re like, ‘Oh, wait, that’s not possible.'”
“I have opinions. I actually — I really want to be on the player council this year, so hopefully people will vote for me,” the 23-year-old daughter of lawyer parents said. “It’s something that I would really like to be a part of, and I think, you know, it’s our responsibility to help grow our own game, so I would like to be a part of that.
“But I think there are just a lot of different ways that I think we can grow the sport, more, bigger tournaments and all of that. “I mean, I don’t want to be the typical political person who’s like, ‘I promise all these things’, and then you get in and you’re like, ‘Oh, wait, that’s not possible.'”