Australian Open champion Madison Keys is no longer able to play at a WTA tournament in the U.S. in February, after her success in Melbourne made her too highly ranked to enter. Keys, who rose to world No. 7 after winning her first Grand Slam title, had entered the WTA 250-level ATX Open in Austin, Tex., which begins February 24. But under WTA rules, 250-level tournaments are only permitted to feature one top-10 player in the WTA rankings, unless the defending champion returns with a top-10 ranking. Keys’ run at the Australian Open, in which she beat world No. 2 Iga Swiatek and world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in consecutive matches, therefore makes her ineligible to enter the tournament.
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