Sam through to third round in Miami

Sam through to third round in Miami

28 Mar 2009

Miami, AAP
Photo courtesy Mary C

Lleyton Hewitt and Jelena Dokic have been bundled out of the prestigious Miami Masters series and WTA event, while less heralded Australian Samantha Stosur is through to the third round.

Hewitt was thrashed 6-1 6-2 by seventh-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon to extend his losing streak against top 10 opponents to 11 matches.

The world No.92 has now not beaten a top 10 player since he downed Nikolay Davydenko in Hamburg in May, 2007.

Dokic’s fairytale continues to unravel after the Australian Open quarter-finalist was sent packing by recent rival Caroline Wozniacki.

The 13th-seeded Dane won the second round match in three sets, 6-3 5-7 6-2.

Dokic upset Wozniacki on the way to the quarters in Melbourne but was then thrashed by her in Memphis last month.

Stosur, meanwhile, went through after trouncing Austrian Sybille Bammer 6-1 6-1.

Stosur’s victory sets up a daunting clash with second seed Dinara Safina, who downed Frenchwoman Mathilde Johansson 6-1 6-3 in an event unofficially billed as the “fifth slam”.

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  • Phil

    Go Sammy just believe in yourself and have fun!!

  • Wedgie

    Way to go Sammy!!! Great win against an in form player…
    Why is it our top ranked female is refered to by Tennis Aus as a “less heralded Australian”?
    Just go out there Sam and push Safina…

  • Jimmy

    Just believe in yourself and destroy that elephant!

  • Ice

    Sam, good luck against Safina. Just believe in yourself and never give up. Kudos to my fav player :)

  • Moca

    Gd luck against saf. I reckon a straight sets win personally

  • Yuki

    Go Sam! You played brillaintly against Sybille and you completely deserve to be in the third round hereat Miami! See how you go against Dinara…she’s not playing her absolute bestat the moment-it’s more than possible for you to beat her! We all believe in you Sam!

  • bec

    oh the tips and vera won, YAY! clocks go forward an hour for british summer time, give me a break i need the sleep, plus it was snowing today. oop for sun, 2nd on ct 1. After billybob v demented. CT 1 Coby not centre. Hope u have correct tickets. GD LK sam

  • moca

    sam plays tomorrow. stubsur also play. its not on eurosport, will have to do a little d’lding later on. gooooood luck samson

  • azza

    stosur 19/1 safina 1/9. Worth a punt I think. Go sammy

  • Matt

    Good win for Sammy agaisnt Bammer.

    Now for the big one!

    GOODLUCK SAMMY! You can absolutely pull off the win here.

  • Coby

    Whew . . . gonna be a big day on Sunday. The full Round of 16 for the women, bottom half of the 16s for the men.

    Court 1 for Singles, Court 3 for Doubles should work out pretty well.

    Just watched Gonzo’s girlfriend take out JJ in straight sets in a real war of attrition . . . 2 hrs 20 minutes for two sets; ended at about 12:15 am. Glad our time doesn’t change tonight.

    C’mon Sammy, you can do this!! We believe in you!!

  • nick

    gd luck today sammy. i want my hour back. british summer time has begun, snow and ice :(

  • Jimmy

    God, Safina will win the 2nd set and she will win 7-5 in the set, and I’m saying this when she is 6-1 3-3 ¬¬

  • Tommy

    Go sammy 61 53 rain i think

  • Jimmy

    It was time Sam!!!! I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I’m not joking, I love you!!!!

  • Tommy

    Win. Betting paid off too. Can deffo before french open trip now. Lol. Great win and happy birthday for tomoz

  • Tommy

    Great win and happy birthday for tomorrow. Betting has deffo paid off

  • Ice

    Absolutely amazing victory Sam. Keep up the awesome work and bring down all the top guns. Keep believing and keep winning Sam. Kudos to you, I am absolutely over the moon :)

  • Ice

    Still can’t believe you beat Safina 6-1 6-4. Absolutely brilliant. Smash ‘em all Sam ;)

  • azza

    :) 19/1 nice one. Can also now afford hotel for french open!

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