Year-end championships begin
30 Oct 2009
Sam begins her campaign with fellow Aussie Rennae Stubbs at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha against top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber. Black and Huber qualified in first place followed by the Williams sisters second, Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez third and Sam/Stubbs fourth.
Sam and Rennae only started playing doubles together this year and haven’t won a title yet but were runners-up three times. Sam has won this event twice in her career with Lisa Raymond while Stubbs also paired with Raymond to win in 2001.
The first round match should be tough: Zimbabwean Black and American Huber are going for a third straight Tour championship title, while the event is a debut for the Williams sisters, who are both playing in the singles as well.
Tags: Doha, Sony Ericsson Championships
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