American tennis star Sloane Stephens said she was grateful for all the support she received this year and added she is looking forward to seeing what the 2023 season has in the store for her. Stephens, 29, made some notable results this year.
At the WTA 250 event in Guadalajara in February, Stephens captured her first WTA title since 2018 after beating Marie Bouzkova in the final. Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, also enjoyed some Grand Slam success, having reached the French Open quarterfinal before losing to fellow American Cori Gauff.
“Beyond grateful for another year of doing what I love. Through the highs and lows I appreciate all of the love and support that comes my way. So much to be proud of in such an insane year and so much to look forward to,” Stephens captioned her Instagram reel.
Stephens happy with the state of American tennis
The United States didn’t have a male or female Grand Slam singles champion this year but their players did make deep Grand Slam runs this year.
Also, American tennis has two players ranked inside the top-10 on the WTA rankings list, as well as one male player ranked inside the top-10 on the ATP rankings list. While competing at the WTA 1000 event in Guadalajara last week, Stephens reflected on the quality and level of American players.
“Yeah, I think we’ve always had a strong player field for American tennis, men and women. I think that obviously representing the U.S. has had its advantages because there are so many of us. I think it’s only made us better, it’s raised our level.
It made everybody I grew up playing with, my age group, we’re all still competitively playing. We’re all pushing each other to do better. It’s nice. I think obviously as a really strong country, we’ve always been strong.
But to see us have won Billie Jean King Cup titles, have really strong teams like that, it’s encouraging,” Stephens explained.
