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Sloane Stephens wins late-night match easily at US Open
Stephens needed three sets and nearly three hours to win her opening match. But this one was far easier, as she hit 24 winners and only five unforced errors.
New York:
Sloane Stephens' second-round match at the U.S. Open did not get started until nearly midnight, and the 15th-seeded American made sure she got off the court in a hurry.
Stephens needed only 58 minutes to reach the third round at Flushing Meadows for the second time by beating 38th-ranked Urszula Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 6-1 in a match that ended a little before 1 a.m. Thursday.
Stephens needed three sets and nearly three hours to win her opening match. But this one was far easier, as she hit 24 winners and only five unforced errors.
Rain delays earlier in the day meant Stephens and Radwanska did not play a point until 11:53 p.m. It was the second-latest start for a U.S. Open match; one in 1987 began at midnight.
Topics mentioned in this article
Tennis
Sania Mirza
Maria Sharapova
Urszula Radwanska
Leander Paes
Sloane Stephens
US Open 2013
Tiger Woods
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