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Tennis-Teenager Stephens realises last eight is 'pretty cool'

Thomson ReutersJanuary 21, 2013 06:00

By Greg Stutchbury MELBOURNE, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Sloane Stephens had a "pretty cool" realisation after she beat Bojana Jovanovski on Monday, she's going to become a member of the Australian Open's "last eight club". The club is an actual players' lounge, but Stephens was referring to a prominent corridor at Melbourne Park where the portraits of the previous year's quarter-finalists are hung.

Tennis-Stephens and Robson offer glimpse of burgeoning rivalry

Thomson ReutersJanuary 19, 2013 08:15

By Simon Cambers MELBOURNE, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Australian Open offered a glimpse of what could become the rivalry of the future as American Sloane Stephens beat Britain's Laura Robson in a third-round battle on Saturday. The two teenagers battled it out in front of a raucous crowd, with 29th seed Stephens eventually coming through 7-5 6-3 to take her place in the last 16.