The third chapter of this rivalry goes to Sloane Stephens.
The American had the daunting task to face an in-form Genie Bouchard in the second round of the China Open.
One week ago it was Genie to win in three sets, this time it is Sloane to win in 3. The match was rather strange with Sloane winning the first set 6-1 and then Genie winning the second set with the same result.
In the decider a double break gave a 4 -1 lead to Sloane that finally won the 3rd set 6-4. The match ended after 1 hour and 45 minutes. The bad side of this encounter was that both players committed far to many double faults (Sloane 4 and Genie 7). Match Stats
Next vs. Wozniacki
Sloane will play next match against former world no.1 Caroline Wozniacki that has defeated world no. 44 Monica Niculescu 6-3 6-1. Head to head is 2-0 for Caroline that has recently defeated the American in New Haven.
