Sam’s French Open Blog

Sam’s French Open Blog

27 May 2009

I’m through to the second round in Paris after beating Francesca Schiavone and I couldn’t be happier with how things have gone so far.
Sam Stosur is through to the second round of the French Open.
Sam Stosur is through to the second round of the French Open. Getty Images
I was pleased with my win over Francesca, even though I didn’t make the best of starts out there. Even when I was three-love down I was still pretty calm about it all and I knew that I was going to be okay if I just stayed composed and started playing a little bit better. To win that one in straight sets was a great one to get away with. I’ll gain a lot of confidence from beating someone like Schiavone because any win against a player like her is great. She is a great competitor, she fights hard and she always gives 100 per cent 100 per cent of the time and with an opponent like that it’s never over until the last point. I have a lot of respect for Francesca and to get a win over her means a lot. Conditions were pretty tough. It was very hot in Paris on Sunday and Monday but we had a lot of rain yesterday and even though we had blue sunny skies by the time I got on court it was still pretty cold and there was some pretty big gusts of wind out there – during one point it was like playing in a dust blow as the wind blew the clay around the court. It was a bit tricky but I guess I handled it just a little bit better. Away from the tennis I’m getting to relax a bit, especially as I’m staying in an apartment with my fellow Aussie and doubles partner Rennae Stubbs. I’ve been trying out my cooking skills the last couple of night by making dinner. I followed my Mum’s recipes to make chicken and rice and it was pretty nice, if I do say so myself! I’ve also been trying to see a bit of Paris and last night I visited the Arc de Triomphe, which gets lit up at night and at around 8:30 last night it looked absolutely amazing. It’s pretty cool to watch the sun go down in a city like this. Paris definitely rates as one of my favourite cities in the world because it’s very beautiful. I’ve always enjoyed my time here ever since I first visited here when I was in the junior tournaments. It’s somewhere I like spending time and I feel pretty lucky that I’ve been able to come here so many times. That said I’m hoping the tennis keeps me pretty busy over the next few days and that I’m too busy winning matches to have any time to go out and do any sightseeing at all! That’s it from me for now but I’ll be blogging again soon, Sam x

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  • grace
    i love you sam stosur!
  • derek whittet
    Absolutely sensational, everyone should feel very proud of you as an Australian and a great young lady. Keep up the great work and enjoy every minute. Very best wishes, derek
  • bee
    Well done Sammy!!! Great tournament.
  • Sten82
    Unforced errors,unforced errors,eeeeeeeh.Unbelievable match,especially second set and tiebreak.Samantha,You are really fighter.Thank You ever so much for this.
  • Tomas
    Go Sam!
  • Jim
    Sam,
    Wow! What a great effort in your semifinal against Kuzy. The second set tie breaker was awesome. Congrats on the wonderful breakthrough tournament...on to the grass and hard courts where you will really get it going.
    Continued success,
    Jim from Amelia Island, FL
  • Nick4484
    Sam,
    Doing Australia proud as you always do. All the best for the rest of your French Open and the rest of year (both singles and doubles). A great person proud to be a fan and well with a week between our ages I think it is great to see someone doing so well at such a great age.
  • Katherine
    Congratulations Sam on your excellent performance at the French Open we are all very proud of you and hope that you can go the whole way. You look great out there.
  • Sten82
    I believe in You Sam.Good luck against Kuznetsova
  • Allaster Cheyne
    Hi Sam.

    Well done on the win. Good luck for the semi's.
  • Jim
    Congratulations on the big win over Cirstea....Good luck in the semis!! and on to the Finals!!!
  • ngeru
    Sorana Cirstea wins today. better luck next time.
  • Kazza
    Queenslanderrrr .... state of origin tonight ... we are gonna win Sam ... so let's make it a double with your win .. you go girl !!!
  • Annette
    What a great run Sammy, it’s a pleasure to watch you play!
    Wishing you all the best for your next match.
    Have fun out there! We’re proud of you!
  • michael
    Hi Sam Lets just keep it rolling and go all the way!
    Will be cheering loudly.
    Michael
  • Adele Newman
    Sam,
    Congratulations on making it through to the qtr finals. Will be watching you from Melbourne (hopefully at a decent time as my eyes are already looking bloodshot after the first week). Go get em Aussie!!
  • Benjamin Thomas
    HI Samantha,
    I'm benjamin and i live in france,i was in stands of chatrier stadium.
    it's me who said "Come on Sam" or "Come on samantha" during the match versus Elena Dementieva !
    I think that I was the only one to support you by shouting!
    i support you since 3 years now !
    I wish you a very good tournament!
    I shall look at everything your match to come !
    In very soon
    Benjamin
  • mac
    well done Sam Its great to see you having some success after all the hard yards you have put in all the best for the rest of the tournaments.
  • Dean McKillop
    I know this is for your 1st round win but AWESOME job on dementieva.... woooooo.

    Thought you might get this before you would get a text msg (not sure if i can even send them to you in France)

    Cheering for you :)
  • Dan
    The momentum is yours, its with the Saints and Sam Stosur, focus and fight to keep it. GO SAM!!,make the most of now.
  • Sten82
    Well done Sam! It was a nice victory.Good luck against Razzano.
  • moca/bec/jonas/tmy
    must try and get on court 1 soon :) maybe we should try for some of those nice corporate seats-look for dudes in suits! or maybe dbles on 3, hmmm will have to take vote on it. Or maybe a beer break in the sun :)
  • Phil
    CMON SAMMY you did it!!!! Great Attitude in the 1st and final sets
  • Niciole
    Great win against Dementieva Sam. Im so glad I got to watch it on TV too, congrats on making it to the 2nd week!!! :D:D:D
  • Gilles
    Very well done Sam, great win against Dementieva. You deserve it. as a reward a tip: Take a stroll at "place des Voges"; late mornings are better for the music.
    Gilles
  • Sally
    Woohoo! Well done Sammy and they actually televised this one!!! Fab win and into the second week - GO SAMMY GO!!!
  • moca/bec/jonas/tmy
    yesss. off to get our passports/ipods back now :) bye bye centre court. do we delay flights again for another round? could bargain with our precious pearl jam tickets
  • Jimmy
    YEEEEEEES!!! I saw the match and you were just brilliant!!!
  • marc
    way to go sammy - that was just perfect!
    best wishes from Germany!
  • moca/bec/jonas/tmy
    63 46 61
    v happy :)
  • moca/bec/jonas/tmy
    come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
  • moca/bec/jonas/tmy
    mp come on sammy
  • moca/bec/jonas/tmy
    keep going to that backhand sammy, revenge match, im liking this one better tho and it is warmer somehow
  • moca/bec/jonas/tmy
    demented getting louder. cmon sam
  • moca + 3
    nice serve samson
  • moca + 3
    3-0 :)
  • moca + 3
    COME ON SAMMY, KEEP IT GOING
  • mo/j/b/tmy
    is demented wearing light purple or is it white? sun in eyes with a classy order of play hat, nice shot sammy :)
  • mo/j/b/tmy
    bugger, demented will be having a little off court chill for 5 mins now
  • mo/jo/bec/tmy
    i may lose my voice soon
  • moca/jo/bec/tmy
    come on. liked that :)
  • Jimmy
    No Sam!! The toughest moment of the match is when you have to finish it! DO NOT RELAX!
  • moca/jo/bec/tmy
    nice samson nice
  • moca/jo/bec/tmy
    oh bugger 2all. cmon sammy will have to get shouty/clappy/whistley soon :)
  • moca/jo/bec/tmy
    we're getting the feeling that sliding is not sams friend. I wanna slide, but i think flipflops are not the optimum footwear to try it on, plus there would be the small prob of getting on the court.
    On serve again kind of. c'mon samson ;)
  • tj
    i wanna be in paris too, jealous :(
    stupid crappy work, go sammy
  • moca/bec/jonas/tommy
    go sammy!
  • moca/bec/jonas/tommy
    trying but its v quiet as nowhere near capacity yet as suspected and why we have tickets obv :)
    plus she is winning it on her own ;)
    enjoying sun bathing as its been freezing past few days
  • daniel
    Those of you who are at RG....MAKE SOME NOISE AND GET HER OVER THE LINE!!!! :)
  • moca/bec/jonas/tommy
    it is hot today, i feel my head burning
  • moca/bec/jonas/tommy
    COME ON SAMMY :) SET
  • moca
    and a break, she playing v well. serving for the set. is it too early to get shouty?
  • Dan
    Seems like every year you believe in yourself a little more, go Sam, you can beat anyone, great serve, great return, and awesome at the net, you can win Wimbledon Sam believe you can and you will, one point at a time.Your a champion,x
  • moca
    go samson! on serve 4-3, break that demented girl again, c'mon sammy
  • jonas
    bye bye phone and passport, hello shiny centre court ticket. There not many people in here yet.

    i think that was sam is serving 1st, but unsure. i like these seats. lets go sammy :)
  • tommy
    go sammy :)
    ticket borrowing has been a success, altho have had to leave passports, car keys and ipods with ticket owners :( lol :)
  • Yuki
    Well Done against Yanina! We all know you can beat Elena as well!:) Maybe with your third round showing this year you'll move up to your career-high ranking!:)
  • Sten82
    Good luck against Dementieva,You can beat her,just don't let Elena play in her game.Come on Sam! Play aggressive.
  • evan
    sammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyy
    well done
    i want you to win against elena
    COMON I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT
    BE POSITIVE RUN HER AROUND
    \LETS GO SAMMY
    LETS GO
    YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
    ILL BE WATCHING
    ON MY TV:)
    CYA XXX
    EVAN THE SAM STOSUR
  • jordanne
    It was great match against Schiavone,Sammy.Congratulations and good luck.
  • maite
    Goooooo Sam!!!!
    you are playing great!!! you can beat Dementieva!!!!

    best wishes.
  • tommy
    samson first up against demented on centre. will do some ticket borrowing for that i think. Good luck sammy
    will also have to blag tix for caro match last on 1 :)
  • tommy+bec (happy now)
    nice comeback apparently 63 64 nice one stubsur ;)
    we are lenglen (for free) and in the sun (even better), go janko :)
  • tommy+bec
    stubsur are down 0-3 in 2nd set, but now we have to leave to be in with a better chance of getting some tipsarevic tix, byebye stubsur ooo 1-3
  • jonas
    stubsur cruising at mo.5-1. if that french bloke loses on lenglen, i reckon we have better chance of blagging tix for tips muzzah match ;)
  • moca
    YESSSS the sun is out, finally! Stubsur already have a brk on c17 :) 3-0 up
  • tommy
    after getting wedged in on ct 2 for the rochus-clement battle, all of belgium fled to ct 6! PACKED, SERIOUSLY PACKED! congrats for fighting against the crowd and wickmayer, great win, altho very cold. We are off to get tix for next match. MOre sun needed please :)
  • moca
    its soooooo cold. my fingers were numb last night. w/d sammy altho we had a few problems with the full on belgium crowd on court 6, did our best shouting tho. next up scalping tickets for demented, oh and the tips murray match today :)
  • Coby
    Good girl Sammy, into the third round . . . . awesome!

    Good luck against Elena, and in the Doubles as well.

    And thanks for taking the time to write the blog for us . . . . good stuff!

    You can do it Sam!!
  • Sally
    Phew......had me biting my nails there Sam! Congratulations! Great result!!! Sad to see Dokic go out like that but its time for Sammy to show what she can do - nearly did it in Australia against Dementieva - this time it's yours! Good luck in the doubles tomorrow too! :)
  • Bec
    It is freezing in paris. Dont be fooled by the sun. Wind chill factor!
  • Yuki
    It's great to hear from you Sam-it's good to know what top players get up to off court as well! Good Luck against Wickmayer! You can do it!:)
  • Go! you good thing, go! we are all with you.
    Remember, once you have acquired the target you must pull the trigger. Good hunting.
    Gilles
  • Sally
    Good to read your blog Sam! Good luck against Wickmayer tomorrow and well done in the doubles earlier.
  • Todd
    Great win ... and you can cook too. Best of luck.
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