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Sam battles her way into third round

26 Jun 2009

[caption id="attachment_1011" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Sam Stosur is into the third round at Wimbledon for the first time in her career."][/caption] Australia's Samantha Stosur finally broke her second-round hoodoo at Wimbledon, staging a remarkable comeback to beat little-known qualifier Tatjana Malek on Thursday. The German threatened to become known as the Aus-sassin after dispatching Stosur's compatriot Jelena Dokic in the first round, but a gutsy performance from the No.18 seed secured victory 4-6 7-6(6) 6-4 in two hours and 14 minutes. It is the first time in seven appearances at the All England Club that Stosur has advanced beyond the second round. Against Malek, the French Open semifinalist could not find her rhythm as she struggled with her two main weapons, faltering on her serve and repeatedly firing her forehand long. The world No.101 made early inroads, breaking the Australian in the fifth game. She had four opportunities to break her opponent again to claim the set, but Stosur fought off each of them. Stosur's reprieve was short-lived, however, when Malek converted the first of two set points on her next service game. As Stosur's unforced error count soared, she served a double fault and then sent a forehand long to hand Malek three break points in the third game of the second set. The 25-year-old Queenslander saved two, but when a forehand hit the net cord and bounced out, Malek had another early break at 1-2. Stosur converted her first break point of the match to draw level at 4-4. She fought back from 0-40 down in the 12th game, but missed the chance to break her opponent and claim the set when she sent a backhand return wide and Malek went on to hold serve to force the tiebreak. Stosur dug herself out from 0-4 down in the tiebreak to win five points in a row. After a marathon 31-stroke rally, Stosur took a 7-6 lead and sealed the set on Malek's serve when the German sent a backhand wide. Malek raced to a 3-0 lead in the decider. Stosur broke back in the seventh game, however, and was forced to save a break point in the next game before levelling at 4-4 as Malek vented her frustration by smashing her racquet into the ground. When Stosur made the crucial break in the next game, she earned the right to serve for the match and, at 40-0 up, she won with a drop shot Malek could not get back over the net. Stosur was pleased with her ability to come back from adversity. "It wasn't easy out there, I didn't start the way I wanted to start and was getting quite frustrated with the way things were going," she said. "Every time I had no choice but to pull myself back together, I did. "Things went bad again at the start of the third [set] but I had no choice but to back myself and pull myself back together again." Stosur lost in the opening round in her first three attempts at Wimbledon and bowed out in the second round on the next three. She is the only Australian woman left in the singles draw after Jarmila Groth was humbled by No.2 seed Serena Williams on Wednesday. Williams signalled her intention to thwart older sister Venus's bid for a third straight title by completely outclassing the Australian 6-2 6-1 in the second round. Stosur, who next plays Serbian No.13 seed Ana Ivanovic, admitted breaking the second-round barrier had played on her mind. "I thought that during the match," she said. "I remember being in this same room saying I want to get past the second round. "I would have been very disappointed if I didn't get through today. I'm very pleased that I've gotten over that hurdle."

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