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Stosur sets her sights on the top 10

19 October 2009

Samantha Stosur says her next goal is a world top 10 ranking and she's now only three spots away after her breakthrough first WTA singles title triumph. The 25-year-old Australian jumped two places to No.13 on Monday – leap-frogging Grand Slam champions and former No.1s Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic – following her Japan Open win. "It's the perfect way to finish my year in singles," said Stosur, after ending a run of five losses in her previous finals with a 7-5 6-1 victory over Italian Francesca Schiavone in Sunday's decider in Osaka. Photo gallery: Sam's Osaka odyssey "My next goal is to reach the top 10 for which I would need to play like today, every day." Stosur's manager, former ATP player Paul Kilderry, had no doubt about her ability. "I think she'll get there, I don't think her play would have to drastically improve," said Kilderry. "If she can maintain that consistency I think it's just a matter of time." Kilderry believed Stosur's latest success, in a year when her singles career took off, would have her primed for a strong showing on home soil in January. Stosur will launch her build up to the Australian Open when she teams with Lleyton Hewitt in the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth then she resumes her tour singles rankings push in Sydney before lobbing at Melbourne Park. "For Australian players the Australian Open is almost the pinnacle ... I know for Sam it's her favourite tournament to play well in and she'll be working hard all summer to make sure that happens," said Kilderry. "The whole year has given her so much confidence. "Knowing that she's got right through and beaten some high quality players, it just keeps adding and hopefully next year she'll keep building on that." Kilderry believed the title success in Japan would be helpful in removing an obvious unwanted pressure. "I think it's really great to get the monkey off her back and people not have to ask her any more, `Why you haven't won a title?'. "It's the culmination of a great year, obviously her ranking and her level of play's been very consistent from the start of the year and it's a nice reward for a lot of hard work. "She's played some big tournaments and done really well this year and to actually get over the line is great." As well as the Japan title, Stosur's 2009 highlight was her semifinal appearance at the French Open. She also made the final in the WTA tournament in Los Angeles in August, where she lost to Flavia Pennetta. Meanwhile, Alicia Molik, on the comeback trail from retirement, lost her third satellite tour final this month to New Zealander Sascha Jones. Molik lost the final of the ITF pro circuit tournament in Port Pirie to Jones in three sets, after a similar result last week in Mount Gambier, also in South Australia. Kilderry, who once coached Molik and had a hit with her in August, said the former world No.8 was working hard with her eye on an Australian Open wildcard. "Alicia's a player who plays well when she's played a lot of tennis and has got a lot of matches and miles in her body," he said.

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