Tennis-Stephens suffers abuse on social media after U.S. Open loss

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American Sloane Stephens received a torrent of angry messages on social media, including racist and sexist abuse, following her third round loss to Angelique Kerber at the U.S. Open, the tournament's 2017 champion said on Saturday. Stephens, who is Black, said she got over 2,000 messages of abuse after Friday's 5-7 6-2 6-3 defeat. What followed was a series of racist and sexist messages aimed at the 28-year-old Stephens.

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