Stosur draws Lisicki at Eastbourne

Stosur draws Lisicki at Eastbourne

14 Jun 2009

Samantha Stosur takes on Sabine Lisicki of Germany in the opening round of the AEGON International tennis tournament on Monday. Australia's French Open semifinalist and world No.18 enters the first round of the traditional Wimbledon warm-up in Eastbourne with three wins from her three matches against Lisicki, ranked No.44. Stosur knocked Lisicki out of this year's Australian Open in the second round and won their first-round encounter on the grass of Birmingham in the 2008 build-up to Wimbledon. The Australian opted out of last week's tournament in Birmingham to enjoy a few days off after her feats at Roland Garros and then took to the practice court to begin her transition from clay to grass. But rain over the past week in London forced her onto fast hard courts for some of her training sessions. "It's always hard coming straight from the French playing a tournament straight up, let alone finishing pretty late in Paris," Stosur said. "So in the end I think it was definitely better for me to have a bit of time off and being able to practice before coming here rather than rushing to the grass and in two days' time playing more matches." A third-round clash with Russian No.4 seed Vera Zvonareva, ranked seventh in the world, or Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo looms if Stosur makes it past a likely encounter with Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, seeded sixth, in the second round.

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  • Coby
    Way to go Sam, great play against Sabine!

    Good luck against Caro; hopefully it goes as well as last year's QF here against her.

    Play hard and believe . . . you can do it Sam!!
  • jonas
    woohoo kings of leon!!!!!! will get back and sleep thru those 2 crap brit matches on centre tomorrow, before the samson caro match
  • Sally
    Knew they'd put you on centre tomorrow and I haven't got ticket - so hoping to blag my way in!!! Good luck Sam you've proved you can beat the best so all the best against Wozniaki tomorrow. Well done in the dubs today! (I will get a kick serve like yours - although no natural!;))
  • Sten82
    Congrats on the first success on grass,and good luck against Caroline.I believe in You Sam!
  • BenFalconetti1991
    Played well Sam beautiful victory


    The first French must to have made a blog on you it is me
  • Sally
    Good job Sam!!! Great to see you and Rennae yesterday, unfortunately couldn't be there today and also working tomorrow but hope to see you from Wednesday on! Good luck and keep up the good work!!! :)
  • Sten82
    Good luck against Lisicki!Ibelieve in You,Sam
  • Coby
    Some great memories from Eastbourne last year; hope it can go one step further this year.

    Good luck against Sabine on Monday . . . . you can do it Sammy!!
  • Sten82
    In my mind Sam's style is very suitable for grass,Sam just need believe in herself and she can beat absolutely every opponent.Good luck Sam!
  • Christine
    Good luck!!! Im sure you'll do great and play awesomely!!!!
    I cant't wait to see you play again, you are my favourite!!! You are the most awesomenesesest player!!!
  • Jaime
    Hummm, Sam is the players representative! Difficult draw for the tournament but if she stills like in RG she can make it
  • BenFalconetti1991
    Good luck
  • Sten82
    In my mind Sam's style is very suitable for grass,Sam just ned to believe in herself and She can beat absolutely every opponent.Good luck Sam!
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