Felix Auger-Aliassime and Madison Keys captured the Adelaide titles in their respective fields, but two injury concerns could hamper Australian Open preparations.
2023 runner-up Sebastian Korda was carrying a pre-existing injury, struggling with an elbow issue that has lingered since undergoing surgery late last year.
The two 24-year-olds hustled from the baseline with a handful of ripping groundstrokes, but it was Auger-Aliassime who dominated for most of the encounter, prevailing 6-3 3-6 6-1.
"Thank you to my team, my group and my family... it makes this all very worth it. I enjoy working every day with you guys, and let's push to have a great year," Auger-Aliassime said during the ceremony.
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In the women's final, an all-American battle went the way of world No.14 Madison Keys against Jessica Pegula, claiming a 6-3 4-6 6-1 win.
After Keys snatched the last three games to close out set one, the momentum was shifting in Pegula's favour after securing the opening four games of the following set.
Trailing 0-3 in the second, Keys called for a medical timeout for an apparent injury, returning to the court with heavy strapping around her upper left leg.
Yet, despite Pegula sending the final into a nail-biting decider, Keys ran away with the third set in 25 minutes to complete a stellar week in Adelaide.
"I haven't been back since 2022 and I lifted the trophy then, and now again today, so clearly I should just keep coming to Adelaide because I do well here," Keys said.
"We had a really great off-season, so I'm looking forward to seeing what we can do."
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