“I was actually just laughing and thinking, ‘Who would have thought in Australia that Sloane and I would be the finalists at the U.S. Open?’” Keys said. But I couldn’t think of a better person to have this first experience with.”Until now, the high-point of Stephens’s career was a semifinal at the 2013 Australian Open, after beating Serena Williams in the quarterfinals. Keys reached the 2015 Australian Open semifinals, but has only made it past the fourth round in a major twice since then. She was playing Vandeweghe, who normally dictates the flow of matches with her aggressive style of play. She reached a semifinal at the Australian Open, a quarterfinal at Wimbledon, and she and Horia Tecau are in the semifinals of the mixed doubles.

Source: New York Times September 08, 2017 02:10 UTC