"Because you seem to only want to say, 'she's 0 and 8 in the other countries, and blah, blah, blah'. Yeah, it's you and you and a lot of you (pointing to different members of the media)." Stephens was a set and a break up on Halep before the Romanian's greater stamina told in the final. However, Stephens was quick to praise Halep who went into Saturday's match having lost three successive finals at the Slams. Stephens will rise to number four in the world after her run to the final in Paris but insisted that the rankings were not a priority.

Source: The Nation Bangkok June 10, 2018 00:11 UTC