That was of limited tactical use on Wednesday night. Two years later, according to Stephens, she and Gauff hit together at South County Regional Park in Boca Raton, Fla. “All my friends were excited that Sloane Stephens is at your birthday, professional tennis player,” Gauff said. Gauff came to Stephens’ 21st birthday party. Both Gauff and Stephens are based in South Florida and have worked with some of the same coaches. This was the first match but hardly their first meeting. 21, the highest seeded American to play singles in this U.S. Gauff, the youngest player in the top 100 at age 17, is not yet ready to dominate but is certainly ready to impress, and was, at No. Open and remains a formidable talent but has been a flickering flame since that unexpected triumph. The court in Ashe Stadium stayed dry as torrential rain pounded on its drumhead of a closed roof. Open’s Louis Armstrong Stadium but the subway and made it a major challenge for fans, players and officials to make it home.

It might also have been wiser not to play a night session at all on Wednesday considering the storm that later flooded roads and shut down not only the U.S. They are big tennis shoes to fill, and it is surely fairer to all involved not to expect them to be filled anytime soon. Open with a hamstring injury and with her 40th birthday approaching, Wednesday night was left to Sloane Stephens and Coco Gauff, the two leaders of the American generations who have followed Williams and her older sister Venus. Open final).īut the guard is changing in women’s tennis, and with Williams out of this U.S. Star power is highly recommended to fill the vast air and space, and Serena Williams has been providing it for more than 20 years, winning and losing memorably and sometimes tumultuously (see the 2018 U.S.

Open night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium is an opportunity but also a responsibility.

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