"Sloane Stephens is that girl" - Coco Gauff, Eugenie Bouchard, Madison Keys & others delighted as American re-enters winner's circle with Rouen win

Coco Gauff, Eugenie Bouchard, Madison Keys and several other tennis players expressed their joy following Sloane Stephens' triumphant return to the winner's circle with her victory at the 2024 Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole.

Stephens defeated Magda Linette 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 in two hours and 10 minutes to win the inaugural WTA 250 tournament in Rouen, France. This win marked Stephens' first WTA title in over two years.

The former world No. 3 has now won five WTA 250 titles throughout her career. She has also won one Grand Slam title, at the 2017 US Open, one WTA 1000 title at the 2018 Miami Open and one WTA 500 title at the 2016 Charleston Open.

Following her win, Sloane Stephens took to social media to share a series of photos of herself with the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole trophy.

"Today feels amazing 💖 Thank you so much for all the love and support this week! Happy to be holding the title! Clay court szn I’m here 💁🏾‍♀️🏆 ," Stephens captioned her Instagram post.

Players such as Coco Gauff, Eugenie Bouchard, and Rennae Stubbs extended their heartfelt congratulations to the American athlete.

"Congrats 💕 ," Gauff commented.

"YESSSSSSSSS," Bouchard wrote.

"Congrats champ!" Stubbs commented.

"Congratulations 🔥 🔥 ," Caty Mcnally wrote.

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Ashlyn Krueger, Ajla Tomljanovic, and Alycia Parks also joined in expressing Stephens' victory.

"She’s that girl," Krueger wrote.

"🙌 👏 ☺️," Ajla Tomljanovic commented.

"Yaaa sloanie 🔥 ," Parks wrote.

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Gauff and her close friend Madison Keys took to Instagram stories to express their happiness at seeing Sloane Stephens win the title in France.

"💅🏾 , " Gauff wrote.

"Yessss @sloanestephens 🏆 ," Keys captioned her Instagram story.

Screen grab of Coco Gauff and Madison Keys' Instagram stories

Sloane Stephens' compatriots Taylor Townsend, Danielle Collins, and Shelby Rogers also extended their warm wishes to the accomplished player.

"Let’s go!!!! 🙌🏾 ❤️ 🔥 ," Townsend wrote.

"❤️ 😍 🔥 🙌 @sloanestephens," Collins commented.

"🤩 ," Rogers wrote.

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Madison Keys, once again, took to social media to convey her elation at Stephens winning the title.

"Let’s goooo 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 @SloaneStephens," Keys posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Sloane Stephens on winning Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole 2024: "A really nice way to start off the clay-court swing"

Sloane Stephens speaking to the press

Following her win over Magda Linette in the final at the 2024 Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole, Sloane Stephens shared that her decision to participate in the inaugural WTA 250 tournament in Rouen, France, was a spontaneous one.

Despite this, Stephens expressed her delight in securing another title, her first title victory playing indoors. She also mentioned that winning in Rouen was a "nice way" to start her clay court season.

"Coming here was kind of a last-minute decision, so I'm really happy to be through and win another title. It's my first title indoors, I think, so that's really nice and really cool, and just a really nice way to start off the clay-court swing," Stephens said.

The former world no. 3 also praised her opponent, Linette, for her strong performance during the final match.

"Magda [Linette] played well, we've played a bunch of different times. She played really well in the second [set] and I just had to kind of figure it out in the third, which I did, which I was really happy about. A tough match, but I knew it was going to be tough from the beginning, so I was prepared for that," she added.

Sloane Stephens will next compete at the 2024 Madrid Open, where she will face Martina Trevisan in the first round.