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SINGAPORE -- Madison Keys is the first American other than Serena and Venus Williams to earn a berth at the year-end WTA Finals in more than a decade.The last American outside of a Williams at the finals was Lindsay Davenport, a former coach to Keys, in 2005.Keys debut in the WTA Finals, starting on Sunday, came courtesy of her winning a second career title in Birmingham, England, and reaching finals at Rome and Montreal.She also played in the Olympic semifinals, losing to Petra Kvitova for the bronze medal.Being here is a huge accomplishment for me, Keys said. I definitely want to ... prove that Ive worked really hard to get here, and Im here for a reason.Keys, who climbed into the top-10 rankings at No. 7 this month, is also the first American to debut in the top 10 since Serena Williams in 1999.That (fact) was definitely really surprising, Keys said. There have been a lot of great American players who I thought had made it, but obviously not.Second-ranked Serena Williams pulled out of the finals for the second consecutive year. She won the title in 2014, the first year the event moved to Singapore. Williams hasnt played since a U.S. Open semifinal loss to Karolina Pliskova, and cited a persistent right shoulder injury.Keys will face Simona Halep in her first of three round-robin matches on Sunday. They are in the Red Group along with world No. 1 Angelique Kerber and Dominika Cibulkova.The White Group consists of defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska, French Open champion Garbine Muguruza, U.S. Open finalist Pliskova, and Svetlana Kuznetsova.Kuznetsova, a two-time Grand Slam singles winner, won the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Saturday to take the last spot, and qualify for her first finals since 2009.Kerber overtook Williams for the No. 1 ranking after she won the U.S. Open last month, her second career Grand Slam title. In January, Kerber upset Williams in the Australian Open final.Kerber, the first German woman since Steffi Graf to attain the top ranking, also won the Olympic silver medal in Rio.As a player, I change a lot, Kerber said of the season. I have much more confidence right now. I know how to play the big tournaments. Also, mentally, how to win really tough matches in tough situations or like playing finals in big tournaments, big stages.She didnt advance from the round-robin in three previous WTA Finals.Radwanska arrived in Singapore to defend her title after winning three tournaments this year -- Shenzhen, New Haven, and Beijing.There is always a little bit more pressure when you really have to defend a big title, a lot of points, Radwanska said. But on the other hand, when youre top five, top 10, you are pretty much defending (points) every week. 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CROMWELL, Conn. -- Jim Furyk no longer has to share a piece of PGA Tour history. Its all his.One of six players to shoot a 59 in PGA Tour competition, Furyk one-upped himself Sunday in the final round of the Travelers Championship, posting the first 58 in tour history.Theres a lot of rounds by a lot of great players ahead of me that have never reached 58, so to hold that record alone right now, on the PGA Tour at least ... is phenomenal, Furyk said. To have a little, small place in history is something you dream of.Furyk started hot, playing his first four holes of the day in 4-under. He closed the front nine with four consecutive birdies to shoot a course-record 27 then opened the back nine with three more birdies.From there, it seemed like his inevitable sub-59 score might not be so inevitable after all. He made par on the par-5 13th hole then followed with two more on Nos. 14 and 15.Furyk needed to make one more birdie for the magic mark, and it came in the form of a 23-footer on the par-3 16th hole.He closed with a pair of pars, hitting all 18 greens in regulation, to set the single-round record on the par-70 TPC River Highlands course.Im hitting it well, Im putting it well. Its trying to find a way to stay out of your own way really, Furyk said. And dont let any thoughts leak in.After postingg a third-round 72 on Saturday, Furyk sent video of his swing to his father, Mike, who also serves as his instructor.dddddddddddd. The older Furyk offered a few tips as well as confirmation that his son had been working on the proper mechanics.Perhaps more impressively is that, mired in a share of 70th place, Furyk continued grinding toward a strong finish.Rather than just kind of mailing it in, I went to the range, he said. I just didnt want to go shoot another 72 and hit it like I did yesterday. It would have been easy to do, but I wanted to practice and kind of get some momentum.After the 58 was completed, when asked to name his most important shot of the week, Furyk pointed to a 7-foot par putt on Friday afternoon that helped him make the tournament cut on the number.Furyks first score in the 50s came in the second round of the 2013 BMW Championship. He is now the only player with multiple sub-60 rounds in PGA Tour history.He was 1-over entering Sunday and wrapped up the Travelers Championship at 11-under 269. Furyk moved up 65 places Sunday to finish fifth as Russell Knox claimed the win at 14-under.Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '