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Sam to face Venus after win in Rome
17 May 2012
Australia's Sam Stosur has set up a third-round clash with women's great Venus Williams after defeating local hope Sara Errani at the Rome Masters on Wednesday. Stosur refused to let the Italian's exemplary claycourt record in 2012 be a factor (Errani was 18-2 on clay coming into the match), sweeping aside the world No.24 6-3 7-5 in just over 90 minutes. The win will see Stosur face Williams for the second time in two months, after the American wildcard overcame Russian Ekaterina Makarova. In their last meeting at Charleston in early April, Stosur defeated Williams in three highly-competitive sets, her first career win over the five-time Wimbledon champion. Stosur, who reached last year's Rome Masters final, will be confident of her form heading into the match with Williams. Against Errani, her serve was firing - she landed 71 per cent of first serves, and smacked four aces to no double faults.Sam stunned by qualifier
12 May 2012
Czech qualifier Lucie Hradecka has stunned Australian fifth seed Sam Stosur in two tight tiebreakers in the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain. Hradecka hit 19 aces in her 7-6(8) 7-6(6) upset of the US Open champion on Friday. Hradecka will face Serena Williams for a place in the final after the American thrashed Maria Sharapova to reach the semis. Stosur's loss perhaps should not have come as a surprise - Hradecka had earlier in the tournament eliminated defending champion and No.4 seed Petra Kvitova. Throughout the near two-hour match both women were dominant on serve, with Hradecka winning 82 per cent of points on her first serve, and Stosur 77 per cent. But it was the Czech's stellar ace count that proved decisive in the end. Stosur's next stop will be in Rome - where she reached the final in 2011 - before she heads to Roland Garros for the French Open beginning 27 May.Sam coasts into Madrid quarters
10 May 2012
French Open hope Samantha Stosur is into her fifth quarterfinal of the season after sweeping past Czech Petra Cetkovska 6-3 6-2 at the Mutua Madrid Open. Stosur needed just 72 minutes to post her 10th claycourt win from a dozen outings this year and book a clash on Friday night with either Russian Ekaterina Makarova or Czech Lucie Hradecka, both ranked outside the top 40. Stosur's path to the last four opened up when Hradecka upset third-seeded defending champion Petra Kvitova 6-4 6-3 in second-round action. Makarova beat Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-4 6-4 to advance. Stosur is now 2-0 against the Czech, having defeated Cetkovska in their only previous meeting by exactly the same scoreline in the third round in Doha earlier this year. The Aussie smacked five aces on her way to victory, countering her opponent's eight double faults.Sam’s French Open preparation
9 May 2012
Sam's build-up to Roland Garros in 2012 has so far included stops in Stuttgart and Madrid. Check out some snaps of the Aussie No.1 in action on the dirt.[gallery link="file" columns="4"]Sam soars after slow start
8 May 2012
Sam Stosur has survived another midnight encounter to reach the third round of the Madrid Masters with a tough three-set win over American teenager Christina McHale. The Australian fifth seed struggled with her serve in the first two sets and was broken twice in each, but found her range in the decider to claim a 2-6 6-4 6-0 victory in just under two hours. The fifth-seeded Stosur, accustomed to late finishes after her series of midnight epics at last year’s US Open, came alive when she really needed it, reeling off eight straight games to finish McHale off. “I knew it was going to be a late day, but I certainly didn’t think we would start at 10 o’clock and finish up at midnight,” Stosur said. “It was tough to get going at the start but once I got out of that second set, I felt pretty good out there. “Christina played very well. She was serving well and taking the ball early off the ground. She really had me moving today. It was a tough one.” Stosur next faces Czech Petra Cetkovska, who ousted Spanish qualifier Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-4 7-5. Stosur beat Cetkovska in their only previous meeting earlier this year in Doha. “(It’s) a nice thing to know in the back of your mind,” the Australian said. “But it’s a totally different scenario this time. She’s had a nice last few years. She’s playing well.”Stosur falls to Sharapova in nail-biter
28 April 2012
Samantha Stosur came unstuck once more against Maria Sharapova to bow out of the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, but not before stretching the triple Grand Slam champion for more than three hours. Australia’s US Open Champion went down 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 7-5 in a high-quality encounter that produced just three breaks in 36 service games. Having won the first set tie-breaker, Stosur served for the match at 5-4 in the second only for Sharapova to hit back to claim victory and advance to the semis after three hours, one minute on court. “It sucks to lose but, when you play as well as I did tonight, you can’t be too hard on yourself,” Stosur said. “It was a very good match, we both played well and there wasn’t much in it. Towards the end of the third set, she started serving very well and put me under pressure to get the only break point. “The last game was the cherry on top for her, winning at 40-0 with some very good serving.” Sharapova hit 11 aces, compared to Stosur’s seven, and as the quarter-final finished at just before 2300 local time. The Russian said recovery was her main concern ahead of her semifinal against third-seeded Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, who beat Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-4 6-4. “She (Stosur) has a great serve and she served as well as she ever has against me,” said Sharapova. “It was pretty difficult to play against her, so I am very happy with the win. It’s not over until the last point has been played and you’ve shaken hands. “She had her chances to win, so I am just happy to have reached the last four. I have a second chance now and I intend to use it.”Sam exacts revenge on Goerges
27 April 2012
Sam Stosur has continued her recent run of beating Germans in their own patch, downing defending champion Julia Goerges at the Stuttgart WTA tournament to set up a quarterfinal meeting with world No.2 Maria Sharapova. In a repeat of last year’s semifinal, Stosur was taken to three sets by Goerges in Thursday’s second-round clash before the US Open champion dug deep for a 6-2 2-6 6-3 victory at the indoor claycourt tournament. It came off the back of Stosur’s dual triumphs on the same court over the weekend, the world No.5 logging straight set defeats of Angelique Kerber and Andrea Petkovic in Australia’s Fed Cup tie against Germany. “I started well and thankfully I then got through the third. Clay still works very well for me,” said Stosur, the French Open finalist from 2010. It was Stosur’s first win against Goerges in three meetings. Stosur will again try to reverse a lopsided head-to-head record in her next match, with Sharapova having won nine of the pair's 10 career meetings. Sharapova moved through to the quarterfinals after her second-round opponent, France's Alize Cornet, retired early in the second set of their match with a shoulder injury. Stosur and Sharapova have met on clay just once before, a match in the final of the Rome Masters which the Russian claimed in straight sets. However, in their last clash, Stosur was able to prevent a 10th consecutive defeat when she upended Sharapova in the round-robin stage of the WTA season-ending championships in Istanbul late last year. Their match in Stuttgart will be the third of the day at Porsche Arena on Friday, with play beginning at 2.00pm (Central European time).Sam rolls on in Stuttgart
25 April 2012
It was a case of same court, different event as Samantha Stosur rolled into the second round of the Stuttgart WTA claycourt tournament on Tuesday with a straight-sets defeat of Shuai Peng. Australia’s fifth seed needed less than an hour to see off Peng 6-2 6-2 and was rarely tested by her Chinese opponent in her first-round match. Having helped Australia to a 3-2 Fed Cup win over Germany on Stuttgart’s clay courts over the weekend, Stosur has been here for several days. And after winning both her weekend singles matches, the 2010 French Open finalist is happy with her form on clay. “It was good. I thought I played well and served well. It was nice to get through in straight sets,” said Stosur. “It was handy to have been here a week already, whereas a lot of the other girls were only arriving from Fed Cup on Monday night. “Sometimes the best preparations don’t equate to the best performance, but you aren’t going to complain about playing Fed Cup in the same place as your next event. “I played well over the weekend and managed to keep that going today, so far so good as far as the clay court goes, so I am feeling good.” Stosur will next face Julia Goerges - the defending champion - after the German upended Russia’s Anatasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets to move into the second round. “I had a long three-setter against Julia in the semifinal here last year and haven’t played her since,” said Stosur. “(Against) Julia it will be extra hard playing a German here.” French qualifier Alize Cornet will face second-seed Maria Sharapova in the second round after her 6-3 6-4 win over Russia’s Anna Chakvetadze. And compatriot Mario Bartoli, the seventh seed, is also in the second round after her 6-3 6-2 win over qualifier Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic. Bartoli will face either ex-world No.1 Ana Ivanovic or Germany’s Mona Barthel in the second round.Sam wraps up famous Aussie victory
22 April 2012
Samantha Stosur has hauled Australia back into the Fed Cup World Group with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Germany’s Andrea Petkovic in Stuttgart. Stosur backed up her opening day straight-sets win over world No.14 Angelique Kerber to dismiss the returning Petkovic in one hour and 14 minutes on indoor red clay at the Porsche Arena. The win handed Australia an unbeatable 3-0 advantage in the tie and secured the nation a berth in the elite eight-nation World Group next year. "I'm obviously very happy with the way I've played yesterday and today," Stosur said. "Now to get through my second match in straight sets I'm very happy, and to put the team through to the World Group again is a really nice feeling." Stosur entered the weekend with a 1-5 record this year against top-20 players following a mixed start to 2012. However the combination of the European spring and red dirt under her feet again proved agreeable. Following Gajdosova’s shock win over Julia Goerges on the opening day, the Germans decided to replace Goerges with world No.11 Petkovic on Sunday. It was a gamble considering that Petkovic had not played a match for three months because of back stress fractures, and the home girl was not able to cope with Stosur’s game in front of a parochial German crowd. A French Open finalist in 2010, Stosur is priming herself for the European claycourt season, and following her disappointing start to the year in Australia felt she was finally hitting top form. “I am really pleased,” she said. “Winning these two matches (in Fed Cup helps) to keep building towards the French Open. Madrid and Rome are really big tournaments as well, so I think I am in a pretty good position.” Fed Cup captain David Taylor, who is also Stosur’s coach, said his charge was well placed a month out from the French Open which starts on 27 May. “I think Sam has had a great couple of months and is exactly where she needs to be heading into the claycourt season,” he said. Stosur, who also reached the French Open semifinals in 2009, will tune up for Roland Garros with tournaments in Stuttgart, Madrid and Rome. The WTA Stuttgart event will be held in the same venue in which Stosur helped Australia secure its famous victory over Germany at the weekend.Sam to start tie against Kerber
21 April 2012
Sam Stosur will lead the Australian charge against Germany in their Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Play-off tie in Stuttgart on Saturday. The Australians will be looking to upset the Germans, who are the favourites to win, as they attempt to re-instate themselves in the elite World Group of eight nations. At the official draw ceremony in Stuttgart on Friday, it was announced that Stosur, the world No.5 and Australia’s No.1 player, will open proceedings on Saturday against Germany’s Angelique Kerber, ranked world No.14. Stosur said the Fed Cup tie against Germany will be close. “It is a very strong tie, this tie, and everybody here is good. There are so many good players,” she said. “Germany has three players in the top 15 so it is certainly going to be a tough tie. If I play first or second it doesn’t really bother me. I know that I am first so I will prepare for that match. Stosur comes into the match against Kerber having defeated the German in the US Open semifinals, a three-set victory which paved the way for her first Grand Slam singles victory over Serena Williams in the final. She said the world No.14 presented a tough challenge on the indoor red clay of Porsche Arena. “Angelique hits very well, very flat and deep to the corners. You have to be prepared to work hard and to get low and work for every single point so it is certainly going to be a tough match. “I do enjoy playing on the clay. It is definitely one of my favourite surfaces and I enjoy playing on this court too. Hopefully I can use my experience on the clay and this court to my advantage over the weekend. In the reverse singles, Stosur will take on world No.16 Julia Goerges, who defeated the Australian in their last meeting on this very court - 7-5 in the third set - in the semifinals of the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, a tournament she would go on to win. Goerges will first take on Aussie No.2 Jarmila Gajdosova in the second singles match on Saturday. Gajdosova said that the Australian team was ready for its tough assignment. “I believe in Sam and I believe in Australia. I am sure she will do all she can. She is a great player and she will give her heart out there. I am hoping it will be 1-0 up by the time I take to the court tomorrow," she said. Casey Dellacqua will join Stosur as the doubles, pairing against Germany’s top-ranked player, Andrea Petkovic (world No.11) and Anna-Lena Groenefeld (doubles No.45). This will be the last match to be played on Sunday.Site Information
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