tennis champion
Sloane Stephens
Miami Open 2018, USA
Sloane Stephens beats Jelena Ostapenko to win first title since US Open. The American holds her nerve against Ostapenko and has now won all six finals in which she has competed.
Venue
The Miami Open, Key Biscayne, Florida
Sloane Stephens of the United States on 31 March 2018 achieved straight sets victory against Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the women’s final during the Miami Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, Florida.
About
Started playing tennis at the age of nine
Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has won six singles titles, including her first Major at the 2017 US Open. With that victory, she became the lowest ranked player (83rd) to ever win the women’s singles title and the first American woman apart from the Williams sisters to win a Grand Slam since Jennifer Capriati in 2002. Stephens was awarded WTA Comeback Player of the Year in 2017.
She has also reached the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, defeating Serena Williams in the quarterfinals, the quarterfinals of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and won her first title at the 2015 Citi Open. Stephens holds a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9, which she achieved in April 2018. ~Wikipedia
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Highlights
Sloane Stephens held her her nerve to beat Jelena Ostapenko 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 and gain the prestigious title for the first time at the Miami Masters. The triumph for Stephens “capped an impressive campaign which saw victories over Grand Slam winners Garbine Muguruza, Angelique Kerber, Victoria Azarenka before Ostapenko was also dispatched”.
