युएस ओपन टेनिसको महिलातर्फको उपाधि स्लोआनी स्टेफेन्सलाई

प्रकाशित २०७४ भदौ २५ आइतबार

न्युयोर्क । युएस ओपन टेनिसको महिला एकलतर्फको उपाधि अमेरिकन खेलाडी स्लोआनी स्टेफेन्सले जितेकी छिन् ।

अमेरिकाको न्युयोर्कमा भएको फाइनलमा आफ्नै राष्ट्रकी मेडिसन किजलाई ६–३ र ६–० को सोझो सेटमा हराउँदै स्टेफेन्सले करियरमा पहिलोपटक ग्रान्डस्लाम उपाधि जितेकी हुन् ।

दुवै जना पहिलो पटक ग्रान्डस्लामको फाइनल खेलेका हुन् । जितपछि स्टेफेन्सले यति सजिलै फाइनल जितुँला भनेर नसोचेको बताए ।

युएस ओपन टेनिसको पुरुष एकलतर्फको उपाधिका लागि स्पेनिस खेलाडी रफाइल नदाल र साउथ अफ्रिकन खेलाडी केभिन एन्डरसन भिड्ने छन् ।

Stephens kissed her trophy after dominating the final where she did not give her opponent Madison Keys any chance

Stephens became the lowest ranked player to ever win a title at the US Open after returning from a long injury set-back

The two young Americans, good friends off the court, shared a prolonged embrace following the conclusion of the match

Stephens dominated the final which she won 6-3, 6-1 against good friend and fellow American Madison Keys

Stephens broke Madison Keys early in the second set to put herself within touching distance of the US Open title

Young Stephens had a period away from tennis after suffering with injury and falling out of love with the game

Madison Keys looked to struggle physically throughout the match and failed to win a single game in the second set

Keys played inconsistently after reaching the final following a surprising and an impressive US Open campaign

US Open champion Stephens made her way into the crowd to embrace her mother who was watching from court-side

Stephens was in unsurprisingly goods spirits as she received her £2.84 million check prize for winning the US Open

Keys was struggling to contain her emotions after picking up her runners-up award following the 2017 final

Keys, pictured with her thigh strapped, struggled to influence the match and cope with Stephens' accurate serving

Both players were pictured alongside Billie Jean King following the coin toss before their US Open match-up Flushing Meadows was feeling very patriotic ahead of the women's final due to it being an all-American affair