Sloane Stephens never looked shaken by the setting or the stakes in her first Grand Slam final. The 83rd-ranked Stephens is only the second unseeded woman to win the tournament in the Open era, which began in 1968. This was the first all-American women's final at Flushing Meadows since 2002, when Serena Williams beat Venus Williams. It was also only the second time in the Open era that two women in New York were making their Grand Slam final debuts against each other. With so much help from the other side of the net, Stephens did not need to be spectacular, just solid, and that she was.

Source: Fox News September 09, 2017 21:31 UTC