Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys will contest the championship match for the US Open women’s singles on Saturday after winning their respective matches in an all-American semi-final line-up. Stephens, the 24-year-old ranked No 83, upset Venus Williams, the ninth seed, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 to reach her first grand slam final. Keys, the No 15 seed, later eased through with a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Coco Vandeweghe in just 66 minutes. “I’m super happy to be in a grand slam final,” Stephens said. “Fortunately but unfortunately, I had to play Venus, but having four Americans in the semi-finals, I think that says a lot about…

Source: The Times September 08, 2017 05:48 UTC