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Madison Keys, of the United
States, reacts after defeating
CoCo Vandeweghe, of the
United States, during the
semifinals of the U.S. Open
tennis tournament, Thursday,
Sept. 7, 2017, in New York.
Associated Press
U.S. Open

finalists Keys,
Stephens

commiserated
over injuries

By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — When
the Grand Slam season
that ends this weekend
began at the Australian
Open back in January,
neither Madison Keys nor
Sloane Stephens was any-
where near being ready to
play a tennis match.
Keys had just started hitting
balls, a few months after
surgery on her left wrist that
she would need another
procedure on in June.
Stephens was sitting on a
couch, unable to move Patriots routed in 2nd
around in the days after an
operation on her left foot.
Look at them now. The two
friends who traded texts half, Chiefs win 42-27
and phone calls, commis-
erating while recuperating,
will face each other Satur-
day in the first all-American
U.S. Open final in 15 years.
Each is making her debut in New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a
a Grand Slam title match. pass as Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson (56)
“I was actually just laugh- defends during the second half of an NFL football game,
ing and thinking, ‘Who Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. The play was
would have thought in called back as Brady was penalized for passing beyond the
Australia that Sloane and I line of scrimmage.
would be the finalists at the
U.S. Open? Associated Press
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