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Sloane Stephens suffered a first-round exit at the US Open, adding to her struggles in Grand Slam tournaments this year. Despite making progress and switching back to her former coach, Stephens was defeated by Beatriz Haddad Maia in a three-set match. Stephens, a former US Open champion, has struggled to regain her past glory and has faced early exits in multiple Grand Slam events this year.
Sloane Stephens lost to Aryna Sabalenka in a hard-fought match, while doubles team Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified for hitting a ball girl. Novak Djokovic broke the record for most consecutive French Open quarterfinal appearances by a man and will face Karen Khachanov next. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elina Svitolina caused upsets, while Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced. Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, and Beatriz Haddad Maia are set to play on Day 9.
Sloane Stephens lost to Aryna Sabalenka in a hard-fought match, while doubles team Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified for hitting a ball girl. Novak Djokovic broke a tie with Rafael Nadal to reach the French Open quarterfinals for the 14th consecutive year, while Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elina Svitolina caused notable upsets. On Day 9, Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, and Beatriz Haddad Maia are among the players to watch.
Sloane Stephens lost to Aryna Sabalenka in a hard-fought match, while doubles team Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified for hitting a ball girl. Novak Djokovic broke a tie with Rafael Nadal to reach the French Open quarterfinals for the 14th consecutive year, while Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elina Svitolina caused notable upsets. On Day 9, Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, and Beatriz Haddad Maia are among the players to watch.
Aryna Sabalenka overcame a first-set meltdown to beat Sloane Stephens 7-6 (5), 6-4 and advance to the quarterfinals of the French Open. Sabalenka, the world No. 2 and 2023 Australian Open champion, will face Elina Svitolina in the next round. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Karolina Muchova will also face each other in the quarterfinals. Sabalenka did not attend the post-match news conference and instead spoke with a member of the WTA's editorial staff.
Sloane Stephens' French Open dream is over after falling to world No 2 Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets in the first women’s match to be chosen for the night session at this year’s Roland Garros. Despite rallying to force a tiebreak, Stephens was narrowly edged out by Sabalenka, who won the second set to take a 7-6, 6-4 victory. Coco Gauff and Bernarda Pera are now the only Americans remaining in the singles draw.
Sloane Stephens lost to Aryna Sabalenka in a hard-fought match, while doubles team Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified for hitting a ball girl. Novak Djokovic broke the record for most solo French Open quarterfinals appearances by a man with 17, and is now tied with Rafael Nadal for most Grand Slam singles championships at 22. Unseeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Ukraine's Elina Svitolina caused notable upsets, while No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz and Greece's No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the quarterfinals.
Aryna Sabalenka advances to the Round of 16 at the French Open for the first time in her career after defeating Kamilla Rakhimova in straight sets. She will face Sloane Stephens, who also advanced to the fourth round after beating Yulia Putintseva. Sabalenka leads the head-to-head with Stephens 3-0, but all three matches have gone to three sets. Sabalenka could potentially take the World No.1 ranking from Iga Swiatek during this tournament.
Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion and 2018 French Open finalist, says racist abuse targeted toward her on social media has been a problem throughout her entire tennis career. Despite the use of anti-online harassment and hate speech tools, Stephens says the abuse has only gotten worse and people online have the free rein to say and do whatever they want behind fake pages. She did not provide further details on the abuse she has received.
Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens says racism directed at athletes is getting worse and even software designed to block racist comments has little impact. Stephens, who is Black, said she has had to endure it her whole career and it has only gotten worse. Athletes in all sports are regularly confronted with racist comments and behavior, and Stephens said the racism had reached a worrying level. She added that people online have the free rein to say and do whatever they want behind fake pages, which is obviously very troublesome.
Sloane Stephens, an American tennis player, won her opening match at the French Open against Karolina Pliskova on her "favorite court in the world," Court Philippe Chatrier. Stephens has had sustained success at Roland Garros, finishing as a runner-up in 2018 and reaching two other quarterfinals on the red clay in Paris, including last year. Other American women, including Madison Keys and Bernarda Pera, also won their matches on Day 2 of the tournament. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, a finalist in Paris in 2021, won her match against Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtova.