Peyton Stearns, NCAA champ for Texas, beats Jelena Ostapenko, 2017 champ at French Open
1 year, 6 months ago

Peyton Stearns, NCAA champ for Texas, beats Jelena Ostapenko, 2017 champ at French Open

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PARIS — Like many a kid, Peyton Stearns enjoyed participating in sports and tried her hand at plenty. “Soccer, gymnastics, basketball, tennis, whatever,” the 21-year-old American said Wednesday at the French Open after eliminating 2017 champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 to reach the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. I liked to do what I want when I wanted,” said Stearns, who had never played in the French Open’s main draw until this week and next faces No. “I chose tennis because I loved that you can just hit the living daylights out of the ball.”So that’s what she does, and did quite effectively against the 17th-seeded Ostapenko, outhitting a big hitter — Stearns compiled more winners, 30-29 — and leaving the field at Roland Garros with just one remaining woman who has won the title there: No. So did Stearns’ boundless self-belief, which she said allowed her to settle down amid some feelings she described as “crazy, nerve-wracking, overwhelming — all the emotions into one.” Her tennis idol growing up was Maria Sharapova, who won five Grand Slam titles and reached No.

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