At the moment and over the next few years mens tennis in Australia is/looks more promising than the womens side. Not much coming through apart from Barty.
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Bains has some promise, beat the world number 93 in Hobart qualifying pretty easily as a 16 year old.
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I just witnessed Sam Stosur save two match points and go on to win the match. In Australia.
Is this real life?
Is this real life?
She's been a bit sketchy in her 2 matches but a win is a win.
Literally absolutely anything in the world could happen when Stosur plays, so I guess you could make that comment regarding her whole career!
C'arn Sanders (why oh why did your parents call you Storm)...
EDIT: Sanders takes the first. Regardless what happens from here, she's cleary not bad...
Storm first set over Flipkens 6-4 . Been impressed with what i've seen.
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It was a great effort by Storm. So close. saved so many match points with great shots as well. just never gave up.
could this be a turning point for Sam in Aus??? must surely help banish some demons with the last 2 matches both going to 3rd set tie breaks.
could this be a turning point for Sam in Aus??? must surely help banish some demons with the last 2 matches both going to 3rd set tie breaks.
Only concern is that they were against the world 142 and no.54 ranked players.
Let see how she goes against Serbian bojana bonjanovski who is the no.8 seed. Bojana has a very weak serve but great ground strokes but Sam at her best would have no problems but still Sam is not at her best so anything can happen. What Sam needs is an easy straight sets victory then I will declare that she is back and will more then likely win Hobart.
The draw at the Aus open is very important too as Sam will be seeded 17 so if she gets through to the thrid round here are the following players Sam will not want to face.
Serena Williams
Victoria Azeranka
Maria Sharapova
Petra Kivitova
Jelena Jankovic
These players Sam has bad records against. On a positive note tho she has defeated all those players atleast once so that will give her confidence knowing that on her day playing her best she can beat anyone.
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Was really impressed with her yesterday, seems to have a bright future ahead of her.
Sam wins the first set 6-3 over Jovanovski. Hopefully she can win this in straights.
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Wow Stosur. 6-3 6-2. Nice win. Hopefully she's got some confidence under her belt and the media don't jump on this opportunity to put even more pressure on her.
Hopefully Kerber takes out the tittle. Love her.
Stosur will be playing to reach her 4th straight final tomorrow. If only we could be talking about that statistic next week. She played better today, which was nice to see. Hoping she can build on the performance today and improve once again tomorrow.
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Jovanovski wasnt much chop though. seemed beaten early in that 2nd set mentally.
That is wrong mate. Sam could face anyone from the no.1 seed to no.16 seed.
No he is right. In the 3rd round seeds 1-8 will face seeds 25-32. Seeds 9-16 will face seeds 17-24.
In the 4th round seeds 9-24 will face seed 1-8.
Stosur's match is on FS2 now.
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Lol Sam.
lol guess who she is playing first round next week. Sam should not be losing a set to Zakapalova, let alone a match. Her bh slices are so poor today, not doing anything for her at all. I know she mishits her topspin bh a lot, but she should just go for them today.
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Stosur makes me want to stab myself in the eyeball with the butt of a tennis racquet.
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Still an improvement on the past two years, you've got to admit playing in Hobart was a better choice than Sydney considering the circumstances. The way things are, three straight wins in an Australian tournament are a plus.
