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A look at up-and-comer Sloane Stephens

Sloane Stephens playing against Caroline Wozniacki Thursday night in the China Open. Sloane lost in two sets.

Sloane Stephens played against Caroline Wozniacki Thursday night in the China Open. Stephens lost in two sets.

Sloane Stephens is being called “the next great hope for American tennis” so I had to see her here in Beijing. I wasn’t disappointed.

Stephens didn’t fare that well, losing to Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-1. But the kid is only 20 years old and you can definitely see the potential. She’s being called the next Serena Williams, but why not the next Venus? I think it has to do with body type maybe as much as game style.

Talk about her started when she beat Serena 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of Continue reading