Former USTA national coach Nick Saviano, who now works with alongside Roger Smith with 18-year-old Sloane Stephens, thinks she could be the next great American player. "Take your pick on weapons,'' Saviano told the Sun Sentinel. "She's got a big serve, is an outstanding striker of the ball and is arguably already one of the best athletes on the tour. Without question she has [the hunger]… I think she's going to wind up being one of the great American players of the next generation.''—Matthew Cronin
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