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Stosur’s ranking on the rise

6 September 2009

Samantha Stosur has learned of a surprise consolation for her gut-wrenching second-round loss at the US Open: another career-high ranking of number 14 or 13 in the world. Stosur assumed her hopes of qualifying for the elite season-ending championships evaporated the instant she bombed out of the Open with a surprise 7-5 6-4 defeat on Thursday (AEST) at the hands of world No.114 Vania King. But some number crunching from WTA officials combined with a few favourable results for Stosur at Flushing Meadows have kept her dream alive. Sitting 10th in the season points race, the 25-year-old Queenslander is now in a desperate battle with Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic for the eighth and last position at the rich season finale in Doha starting on October 27. Stosur, with Australian partner Rennae Stubbs, has virtually sealed her place in the doubles draw and could join Serena Williams as the two only players to qualify for both events in Doha. Once her Open doubles commitment is over, Stosur will venture to crucial tournaments in Beijing and Tokyo and a strong finish to her watershed season could secure the French Open semifinalist a prize berth in Doha alongside Dinara Safina, Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elena Dementieva, Victoria Azarenka, Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva. Stosur's coach David Taylor, who doubles as Fed Cup captain, is delighted with the increasing depth of Australian women's tennis as the countdown begins to his team's vital World Group II home tie with Spain. With proposed changes to the Citizenship Act announced during the week set to help Russian-born Anastasia Rodionova - Australia's best-performed woman in New York this year - and Slovakian import Jarmila Groth - Taylor has good cause for optimism. Throw in the emergence of 18-year-old Olivia Rogowska, who went within five points of eliminating the top-ranked Safina in the opening round at Flushing Meadows, the return from in injury of former Australian No.1 Casey Dellacqua plus Alicia Molik's surprise comeback and Taylor could have a selection headache come January. "That second singles spot is now really open because you've got Casey, Jarka, Rodionova and (Jelena) Dokic - and they've all had challenges in the last 12 months," Taylor told AAP. "It's unbelievably open but it's great to have choices and I'll definitely leave it as long as I can to make a decision. "Sam's pulled away and her spot is pretty secure but four or five girls are going for the second singles spot. "If Groth's in the top 100 by the end of the year, she'd be putting her hand up. She's been struggling a little bit but is obviously a great player. "Rodionova always gives people trouble and Dokic is capable of really, really good things." An ITF spokesman said Groth and Rodionova would almost certainly be eligible to play Fed Cup for Australia as soon as they received their Australian passports, and Taylor was hoping that would happen in the coming two months. Molik is less than a month into her comeback from a year out of the game but, as a former top-10 singles player and dual Grand Slam doubles champion, also looms as a potential option. "A 100 per cent," Taylor said. "Someone like [Stubbsy] is still playing top-10 doubles but definitely, at 38, is at the end of her career. "Alicia is a decade younger and, if she can get herself back up there, she'll put herself in contention too. "It's just great for Australian women's tennis."

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