Sloane Stephens of the US returns the ball to compatriot Madison Keys during their 2017 US Open Women’s Singles final match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. AFP PHOTO
NEW YORK: Sloane Stephens spent 11 months sidelined by a left foot injury and the surgery that followed, never dreaming when she returned at Wimbledon in July her first Grand Slam title was only two months away.