Sloane Stephens says Maria Sharapova will have busy post-career plans
The retirement from tennis can be similar to death sometimes, as some players, who are often over 30 years old, do not know what to do once their career ends. What will do Sloane Stephens after stopping competing on Tour? In Melbourne, the American said: 'I think about what I am going to do after tennis all the time. I think it's better to plan now and kind of get a head start before you get there than get there and be, Oh, my god, what do I do? I think she's right. She's done so many amazing things in her career. She has some great companies, great partners. I think she's done a really good job with that and I think people can look up to that and she's hit the ground running, but while she was still playing. She didn't wait until she stopped to get going, which is kind of cool.'
Stephens won her first match at the Australian Open in a few years. What does it mean to her? 'Very good. I'm like so excited. It's been a tough couple of years here, but I do love this tournament. It's always tough the first slam of the year kind of getting going. I had a good result here once before, so I think I'm going to try to do it again. Obviously, it's a work in progress, but just happy to get through that first match, especially against someone from home.'
ALSO READ: Djokovic would beat Roger Federer in Australian Open final - Evert
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2DlnSJr
No comments