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Indian Player Sahaja Yamalapalli Shocks Sloane Stephens in WTA 125

10/16/2025

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Sahaja Yamalapalli of India defeated Sloane Stephens 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round of the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico.
The Indian player, ranked 347th, broke former US Open champion Sloane Stephens' serve multiple times.
The victory underscores progress in Indian women's tennis and Sahaja's ITF circuit work.
She will face the second seed Petra Marcinko in the Round of 16.

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Sahaja Yamalapalli of India defeated Sloane Stephens 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round of the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico.
The Indian player, ranked 347th, broke former US Open champion Sloane Stephens' serve multiple times.
The victory underscores progress in Indian women's tennis and Sahaja's ITF circuit work.
She will face the second seed Petra Marcinko in the Round of 16.