Watch: Stephens, Keys share emotional embrace after US Open final
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.@SloaneStephens is your 2017 #USOpen champion!
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 9, 2017
She defeats Keys 6-3, 6-0.
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A touching moment of sportsmanship capped off Sloane Stephens' brilliant US Open run.
Stephens and her close friend Madison Keys shared an emotional embrace at center court after Stephens took home her first Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 6-0 win on Saturday.
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