Sloane Stephens News

Fourth-seeded American Sloane Stephens was a mild quarterfinal upset victim on a rainy Thursday at the $690,000 Brussels Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up. Eighth-seeded Chinese Peng Shuai ousted the 20-year-old Stephens 6-2, 6-3 at Royal Primerose Tennis Club.

Sloane Stephens, the 20-year-old American who knocked off Serena Williams at the Australian Open, is the subject of a TIME Magazine story.

Tennis star Maria Sharapova has found love on the court. The No. 2-ranked womaen's tennis player dished about the number one man in her life, her new and younger boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov this week while discussing the upcoming French Open.

It has perhaps never been more clear that Serena Williams is the most dominant force in women's tennis.

Top seed and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki was a second-round upset victim, while fourth-seeded American Sloane Stephens notched a pair of victories Wednesday at the $690,000 Brussels Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up. China's Zheng Jie upended the Danish star and 2011 Brussels champion Wozniacki 6-2, 6-4 at Royal Primerose ... (more)

American Varvara Lepchenko was a hard- fought opening-round winner Monday at the $690,000 Brussels Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up. The seventh seed outlasted Serb Bojana Jovanovski 6-2, 6-7 , 6-4 in 2 hours, 37 minutes at Royal Primerose Tennis Club.

Two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn before her Italian Open quarterfinal match against seventh-seeded Sara Errani because of illness.

All kinds of bad things happen when you're in a slump, not all of them obvious, like double-faults or errors that spin out their miserable lives in the net.

Reigning two-time champion Maria Sharapova resumed her winning ways in Rome with an easy second-round victory, while her fellow former world No.

As Tuesday dawned in Rome, there were quite a few women who fell into the "could really use a win" category.

Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki was upset in the first round of the Italian Open by 48th-ranked Bojana Jovanovski 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 Tuesday.

Over the past week, sports fans were yet again reminded by the green-eyed daggers Sloane Stephens leveled at Serena Williams that success oftentimes brings both admiration and envy.

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will play for the title at the Madrid Open after both won semifinal matches with ease on Saturday.

At the start of the week, Sloane Stephens experienced some off court drama in addition to the woes she continues to suffer on court, thanks to the young American's dumb decision to publicly call out Serena Williams, essentially branding the veteran a phony.

Emerging American tennis star Sloane Stephens can't take back her comments about 15-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams , but she should be commended for her effort to clear the air between the two.

The Madrid Open isn't a Grand Slam event, but there were still a good number of attention grabbing events.

From left, United States team members Varvara Lepchenko, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens celebrate their victory over Sweden following a Fed Cup World Group tennis match, Sunday, April 21, 2013, in Delray Beach, Fla.

Serena Williams has insisted she is still a big fan of American prodigy Sloane Stephens despite being criticised by her compatriot in a recent interview.

It was a wild week off the court, with Sloane Stephens airing out her grievances with Serena Williams , the saddening death of ATP Chief Brad Drewett , rumors of Jimmy Connor's and Chris Evert's aborted love child , and the story of John Tomic's arrest and court date in Madrid for assaulting Bernard Tomic's hitting partner.

It was shaping up to be a fairly calm weekend in the Land of Tennis. And then it wasn't ... - We've all known for months that Sloane Stephens' relationship with Serena Williams had been dishonestly conveyed.