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Sloane Stephens zvechokwadi haadi sumo kunze kwedare retennis. Kunyange iye atotamba mumitambo yeOlympics uye ave shasha yeUS Open (pakati pezvimwe zvakaitwa), basa rake rakamisikidzwa richiri kunyorwa.

Achangomira ne:BLACKPRINT, yeBlack Employee Resource Group yeMeredith Corporation (iyo muridzi Chimiro).

Haisi chakavanzika chekuti vatambi vazhinji vanoenda-kune mantras anovabatsira kuchengetedza kurudziro yavo uye kutarisa. Nheyo inodzokororwa iyo Stephens anotevera kuti agare pamusoro pemutambo wake? "Hazvisizvo kana, ndizvo riinhi." Zvinorehwa nehupenyu hwake mantra ndeyekuti hausi mubvunzo kana iwe uchazadzisa zvauri kushandira kwazviri, zvese inyaya yenguva.

"Izvi zvinoshanda kuzvinhu zvakawanda muhupenyu," akadaro Stephens. "Ini ndinongonzwa senge paunenge wakamirira kuti chimwe chinhu chiitike, iwe hauzive kana zvichazoitika. Kana iwe uchinetseka, hauzive kuti zvichapera riini, hauzive." kana nguva yako yakaoma yave kupera (Yakabatana: Sei Sloane Stephens Achidzosera Kubva kuTennis Court)

Iye mantra yakamubatsira chaizvo parwendo rwake rwetennis, kunyanya achimirira kuti kuve nekumirirana kusingagumi mumutambo. "Kukura, kutamba tennis semukadzi wechidiki wemuAfrica, pakanga pasina vanhu vazhinji nevatambi vakaita seni," akadaro. Tennis pro akati akaenda kuzvikoro zvakasiyana-siyana zvetenisi pakati pemakore gumi kusvika gumi nematanhatu, asi zvisinei kwaakaenda, kushomeka kwekusiyana kwakaramba kwakangofanana. Pakupedzisira, nekuda kwekubudirira kuri kuwedzera uye kusimba kwevatambi veTennis Vatema vakadai saVenus Williams, Serena Williams, naChanda Rubin, aigona kuzviona ari mumutambo.

Nhasi, kune vatambi vatema vatema vari kuvhurira nzira vatambi venguva yemberi - kusanganisira Stephens iye. Nekuda kwaNaomi Osaka naCoco Gauff zvakatsiga pakusimuka, Stephens anofunga kuti mutambo uri munzira chaiyo yekuti vana vazvione padare retennis. "Sezvo isu takakura, takavakwa, uye tichishanda pamitambo [yedu], zvese zvakaita sekuungana," akadaro. "Zvakasiyana nezvevana vadiki kwandiri nekuti kune vazhinji vedu, uye tese tinotaridza zvakasiyana, uye tese tine pfungwa yekumiririrwa." (Nechekuita: Maitiro Ekugadzira Nzvimbo Inosanganisirwa Munzvimbo Yehutano)

Sezvo vatambi veNhema tarenda vachiramba vachiwedzera kuoneka, Stephens anga achirwira shanduko iyi iye, kubudikidza nemazita ake, Sloane Stephens Foundation, sangano rinopa rubatsiro rinomiririra vechidiki muCompton, California. Nheyo iri kuedza "kukudziridza chizvarwa chitsva chevatambi vetennis" nekukurudzira mararamiro ane hutano, kudya kwakaringana, uye kutora chikamu mumitambo yekusimbisa muviri. Stephens akatsanangura kuti timu yenheyo yake iri kushandawo kusimudzira nhoroondo inozivikanwa yekuti tenesi inogona kungova yevanhu vane mari yakawanda.

"Ndinofarira kuona vasikana vadiki nevana vadiki vachiita senge, 'Ndinotamba tennis nekuda kwako' kana kuti 'ndakakuona paTV," akadaro. “Unogona kuita zvinhu zvakawanda chaizvo kana uchitamba tennis, [kana kuti] kana uchingofarira tenesi [sekushanda panhandare yemitambo]... Kupa vana ivavo mukana wekushandisa tenesi semotokari kwakakosha zvikuru. ."

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