Beaten Stephens warns Raducanu to expect rollercoaster ride

Sloane Stephens knows only too well the vagaries of life as a professional tennis player and offered some sage advice to Emma Raducanu after being beaten by the British teenage sensation in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. The rusty American was beaten 6-0 2-6 6-1 in the battle between a former […]

Sloane Stephens knows only too well the vagaries of life as a professional tennis player and offered some sage advice to Emma Raducanu after being beaten by the British teenage sensation in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday.

The rusty American was beaten 6-0 2-6 6-1 in the battle between a former US Open champion and the current one who rocketed to stardom in astonishing fashion last September.

Asked what advice she would give Raducanu, Stephens said the Briton must be prepared for the ups and downs.

“I would say, the only same situation is that we won the US Open, but our situations are very different,” Stephens, 28, told reporters.