Archive: sloane-stephens
Sometimes the transition from the juniors to the pros is a difficult one - the raw talent is apparent, they just need some time to develop the complete package.
Sloane Stephens had her best season ever working under USTA Player Development coach David Nainkin, finishing the year at No. 12 and reaching the second week of every Grand Slam event.
In our last statistical column, we looked at the players with the most wins at Premier events, find that Serena Williams had by far the most (71, compared to 46 for the next player on the list). But what about losses?
Under Armour (UA) announced that net revenues increased 26% in the third quarter of 2013 to $723 million compared with net revenues of $575 million in the prior year's period.
Teenager Genie Bouchard has made a huge leap in the past year, climbing 115 ranking spots to No 32, which could have her seeded at a slam.
Former champion Petra Kvitova was among the first to arrive for this week's WTA Championships in Istanbul, with the Czech more than happy to be back in the thick of the wrap-up week after being unable to complete the event a year ago.
The Women’s Tennis Association announced that Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki and USA’s Sloane Stephens are the singles alternates at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships, to be staged at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey, from October 22-27, 2013. Wozniacki will be the first alternate and Stephens the second.
And so Roberta Vinci loses yet another chance to reach the Top Ten; indeed, it appears she will fall a couple of spots. That means the final Top Ten spot would go to either Caroline Wozniacki or Sloane Stephens, who were contesting it at Luxembourg.
This was a day of upsets, and for a little while, it looked as if our #1 seed might be one of them. He survives -- but it doesn't do him any good in the race or rankings yet; this is too small to count.
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki beat hometown player Mandy Minella 6-3, 7-6(2) to lead the tournament elite into the second round.
There are currently 10 young women aged 20 and under in the WTA top 80. Here’s look at their true elite potential.
This was pretty long, too (more than an hour and three-quarters), but the bottom line is, Rafael Nadal isn't giving Novak Djokovic any help at all in the contest for the year-end #1.
On Wednesday in Shanghai, Novak Djokovic won his ATP best 14th bagel set of year in his 6-2 6-0 win over Marcel Granollers. . .
Milos Raonic will make his Perth debut as Canada fields a side for only the second time at the eight-nation Hopman Cup mixed team event starting three days after Christmas.
Group A: Poland (Jerzy Janowicz, Agnieszka Radwanska, US (John Isner, Sloane Stephens), France (Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Alize Cornet), Canada (Milos Raonic, Eugenie Bouchard)
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