A day after bursting upon the world tennis stage, Sloane Stephens gassed out. The zest and exuberance that marked her performance in beating Serena Williams to advance to the semifinals of the Australian Open was there only sparingly against No. 1 Victoria Azarenka Thursday morning. And that cost her. It also hurt significantly that Stephens [...]
Sloane Stephens Takes Up Williams Sisters’ Slack At French Open
June 2, 2012 | Posted by
Venus and Serena Williams set the modern table for African-American female tennis players. Perhaps 19-year-old Sloane Stephens is prepared to carry things farther. The native of Coral Springs, Florida advanced to the fourth round of the French Open — the Williams sisters were ousted earlier in the week — and created quite a buzz at [...]
Venus Williams Joins Serena – Outside Looking In – At French Open
May 30, 2012 | Posted by
A day after her sister, Serena Williams, had an emotional breakdown in a first-round defeat at the French Open, Venus Williams had a physical collapse that caused her exit in the second round. Not a good time for the sisters Williams. Venus Williams fell in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, to No. 3-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of [...]
