{"id":640575,"date":"2025-11-04T10:48:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=640575"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:48:22","slug":"why-did-madison-keys-not-shake-hands-with-amanda-anisimova-after-wta-finals-2025-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/why-did-madison-keys-not-shake-hands-with-amanda-anisimova-after-wta-finals-2025-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Madison Keys Not Shake Hands With Amanda Anisimova After WTA Finals 2025 Loss?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time Grand Slam finalist Amanda Anisimova battled from a set down to beat Madison Keys 4-6 6-3 6-2 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/tennis\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>WTA Finals<\/a> 2025 on Monday. After the match however, the two players interestingly did not shake hands with one another. The 30-year-old made a gesture to her American counterpart, following which both players shook hands with the chair umpire and went their own separate ways.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DID YOU KNOW&#10067;<br><br>&#127482;&#127480; Amanda Anisimova has become the ONLY player to beat all four 2025 Grand Slam women's champions this year. &#128293;&#128293;&#128293;&#128293;<br><br>Having already beaten Sabalenka, Swiatek and Gauff, she completed the set by battling past Keys at the WTA Finals today:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aBtPgWhcit\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>https:\/\/t.co\/aBtPgWhcit<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TENNIS (@Tennis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tennis\/status\/1985502452083294692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>November 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Keys started the match in fine style, before a drop in level resulted in her elimination from the competition. It has been a breakthrough year for the reigning Australian Open champion, who made her Top-5 debut and earned the most ranking points in a single season as well. While the World No. 7 is scheduled to face Elena Rybakina in a dead rubber on Wednesday, Amanda Anisimova and Iga Swiatek will lock horns with qualification on the line.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amanda Anisimova vs. Madison Keys | 2025 WTA Finals Riyadh | WTA Match Highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MzbI0aFa_vU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Anisimova was a set and a break down against Keys, before she scripted a magnificent turnaround. There were some tense baseline exchanges which began to go the 24-year-old&rsquo;s way &ndash; just as Keys was losing some gas in the tank. In the end, Anisimova won 12 of the last 15 games and the comeback was complete in an hour and 44 minutes. But why didn&rsquo;t the two players shake hands after the encounter?<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Madison Keys Requests Amanda Anisimova Not to Shake Her Hand &ndash; Reason Revealed<\/h2><p>Madison Keys did not shake hands with Amanda Anisimova at the WTA Finals 2025 due to illness. The No. 7 seed signaled to her opponent that she wasn&rsquo;t feeling too great, and asked Anisimova not to risk coming in contact with her. She pointed towards her stomach and chest, and proceeded to walk off without shaking the chair umpire&rsquo;s hand either. Keys had already lost to Swiatek earlier in the tournament &ndash; officially ending her hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages in the process.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Keys asks to not handshake Anisimova.<br><br>She probably got some sort of virus.<br><br>Won't be surprising to see Andreeva play the dead rubber vs. Rybakina in two days&hellip;<\/p>&mdash; Jos&eacute; Morgado (@josemorgado) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josemorgado\/status\/1985407009387352341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>November 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>In the aftermath of Keys&rsquo; gesture, there is speculation that Mirra Andreeva [Alternate] may be called in to compete in the final Group Stage duel against Rybakina. The Kazakh powerhouse is currently in pole position in the Serena Williams Group, and will be looking to enter the semifinals with some fierce momentum. On the other hand, the 18-year-old Russian is currently featuring in the women&rsquo;s doubles draw alongside Diana Shnaider in Riyadh.<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;I feel like every time I come out here, my opponent is playing some crazy tennis,&rdquo; <\/em>Anisimova said after her win. It has been a massive 2025 campaign for the New Jersey local, wherein she won her maiden WTA-1000 crown and also reached back-to-back Grand Slam finals. She made her Top-10 debut in July, before achieving a current and career-high World No. 4 ranking.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amanda Anisimova on beating Keys at WTA Finals in Riyadh<br><br>&ldquo;I feel like every time I come out here my opponent is playing crazy tennis &#128514;.. Today Madi was playing so well.. Just happy with how I was able to turn it around &amp; turn that frown upside down&rdquo; &#128557;<br><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eOslHfK4DG\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/eOslHfK4DG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/1985409665703035285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>November 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><em>&ldquo;It has been a difficult few matches. Today for sure Madi [Madison Keys] was playing so well, and it was quite a battle out there. I&rsquo;m just really happy with the way I was able to turn it around in the second set, and kind of turn that frown upside down,&rdquo; <\/em>she continued. The 24-year-old returns to Centre Court to face Iga Swiatek on Wednesday.<\/p><p><em>(Image Credits: David Kirouac, Imagn Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Open champ is officially knocked out of the WTA Finals 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":640578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[5056,5069,4951,5068,4936,5113,5067,4950,9787],"class_list":["post-640575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-amanda-anisimova","tag-australian-open","tag-iga-swiatek","tag-madison-keys","tag-tennis","tag-us-open","tag-wimbledon","tag-wta","tag-wta-finals-2025"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Did Madison Keys Not Shake Hands With Amanda Anisimova After WTA Finals 2025 Loss? 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