Sloane Stephens, the world’s number 30 tennis player, said on Monday that racist behavior aimed at athletes is getting worse and that software created to shield them from it has no effect. The American stated she had to put up with it her entire tennis career.
Sloane commented: “Yes, it’s obviously been a problem my entire career.t has never stopped. If anything, it’s only gotten worse. I did hear about the software. I have not used it,” Stephens said.
I have a lot of obviously keywords banned on Instagram and all of these things, but that doesn’t stop someone from just typing in an asterisk or typing it in a different way, which obviously software most of the time doesn’t catch.”
Stephens at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2023
Now ranked no.30, Stephens has achieved a composed 15-11 win-loss record in 2023. Sloane is now playing at the French Open where she toppled the world no.16 Karolina Pliskova 6-0 6-4.
Sloane Stephens will take on the world no.41 Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd round. Their current record is 2-1 for Gracheva.
Sloane clinched 1 title in 2023 in the Malo.
The American won 7 titles in her career: 6 on hard courts and 1 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)