Post Tagged with: "Sam Stosur"
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Stosur into QFs in Osaka, Chang and Hampton also through
Virginie Razzano of France, now ranked at 170 on the WTA players’ list (with a career high of 16 in 2009), faced 9th ranked and top seeded Aussie Sam Stosur, in the second round of the HP Open being played this week in Osaka, Japan. The 29 year old Razzano, [...] -
Stosur through to second round in Osaka, Chang beats McHale
For many years, Aussie Sam Stosur was only known as a doubles player – and one at the very top – but she decided to see how good she could also be at singles. This change in her outlook has proven to be a good one, as she now hovers [...] -
Wozniacki through to third round as Stosur exits China Open
Caroline Wozniacki and Sam Stosur both battled through tough three set matches in the second round of the China Open today, but while the Dane managed to emerge triumphant, the Aussie was sent packing. Wozniacki, who had come through a two and three-quarter hour battle in her previous match against [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska Outclasses Kerber to Set Up Tokyo Final Against Petrova
The defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska put on a spectacular performance to overcome German Angelique Kerber in today’s Pan Pacific Open 2012 semifinals in Tokyo, dismissing her in just 59 minutes with a 6-1 6-1 victory. Before going into the match, Radwanska was leading the head to head against Kerber with [...] -
Petrova Defeats Stosur, plays Agnieszka Radwanska in Tokyo Final
After her courageous upset of 6th seed Sara Errani in the QF, 17th seed Nadia Petrova battled on to stage another upset in the SF over 8th seed Sam Stosur in straight sets, 6-4 6-2. She will play 3rd seed Aga Radwanska in the final, who defeated 5th seed Angelique [...] -
Sam Stosur Feature – Former World No.4 and US Open 2011 Champion
A Christmas present was all it took for eight-year-old Sam Stosur to be placed firmly on the road to future tennis success. Parents Dianne and Tony certainly don’t regret booking Sammy coaching lessons. For it was their foresight together with the wisdom of older brother Daniel, that led to her [...] -
Stosur scores second career win against Sharapova in Tokyo QFs
Sam Stosur entered today’s quarter-final at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo with a 1-10 losing record against her opponent, Maria Sharapova. There was even a figurative asterisk next to that lone victory, as it came towards the end of last year when Sharapova was suffering from an ankle injury. [...] -
Stosur beats Cibulkova in Tokyo, Kerber also through to the QFs
For the first time in days the rain ceased and the roof was open on centre court on Wednesday at the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012 tournament being played in Tokyo as Aussie number 8 seed Sam Stosur took on twelfth seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia for a place in [...] -
Errani, Stosur and Kerber advance into 3rd round in Tokyo
There may be more than 70 places between them in the world rankings but Sweden’s Johanna Larson made Italy’s Sara Errani fight all the way in Tokyo. Errani managed to find a break at the right time in the first set and despite the odd wobble, ended up taking it [...] -
Sam Stosur and Bryan Brothers first recipients of US Open Sportsmanship Awards
Top US tennis players Samantha Stosur and the Bryan Brothers – Mike and Bob – have become the first recipients of the inaugural US Open Sportsmanship Award. Presented by the USTA Chairman and President John Vegosen and Selection Committee Chairman Todd Martin, the Award recognised the professionalism and consistency of [...] -
Sharapova easily through to the third round of the 2012 US Open
4-time slam champion Russian Maria Sharapova is through to the third round of the 2012 US Open after a comfortable 6-0 6-1 win over Spanish player Lourdes Dominguez-Lino in a match that lasted 54 minutes. The world number 3 was clearly the better player from the beginning of the match [...] -
2012 US Open Day 1: Five Matches To Watch
The first day of a grand slam is always one to savour, with plenty of matches scattered across the fourteen courts in action on Monday. I have picked out five top matches which I think are worth keeping an eye on at Flushing Meadows. Petra Martic (CRO) vs [7] Samantha [...] -
New York’s Unassuming Defending Champion
While there are only a handful of women considered true contenders for this year’s U.S. Open women’s title, should it be a surprise that defending champion Sam Stosur is not one of them? Maybe it’s partly due to many still trying to wrap their heads around the improbable run of [...]
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