The retired players Kim Clijsters, Lindsay Davenport, Mary Joe Fernandez and Martina Navratilova held a news conference after their exhibition doubles match on Sunday at the United States Open and spoke glowingly of American women’s tennis success.
There had been an all-American women’s final on Saturday, won by Sloane Stephens. And the girls’ final on Sunday was a contest between two young Americans, with Amanda Anisimova beating Cori Gauff, 6-0, 6-2. The girls’ finals at the French Open and Wimbledon this year were also all-American affairs.
“Anisimova, she can play,” Navratilova said of the New Jersey-born 16-year-old.