WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Sloane Stephens of the United States said on Friday that she will try to get better and any American wants to do well at the US Open.

"I think at this point I'm just trying to get better and better, trying to improve my ranking, win more tournaments, win more titles. Just because I'm defending here, I still have six more tournaments after this. The season continues to go on," said the world number three.

"I think that I would love to do well here. Obviously as an American, any American wants to do well here. Having good results in previous tournaments has definitely helped. I'm not waiting on all these points to drop off. I'll have a little bit of a cushion.

"Just trying to make the most of it, like I said, win as many matches as possible, to improve my ranking. Obviously there's only two places to go from 3. I'm just trying to do my best, making sure that I'm just staying as consistent as possible, having good results," she added.

The US Open starts on Aug. 27 through to Sept. 9.