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Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur ( , born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open.
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S. Open champion Samantha Stosur slugged her way through to the last 16 of the French Open with a 6-3 6-3 defeat of Russian Nadia Petrova in a baseline battle on Friday.Australian sixth seed Stosur, the runner-up at Roland Garros two years ago, wasted little time and energy seeing off Petrova, who turns 30 next week, on Court One.Though Stosur was a model of efficiency, the match had few highlights and one front-row spectator could be seen nodding off in his seat.The two women had played seven times before, with Petrov winning five, so the 28-year-old Stosur had worked out her game plan thoroughly."We have had some pretty long matches in the past and she had got the better of me a lot of times," said Stosur, who beat Petrov at the same stage in New York last September in the longest women's match at the U.S. Open since the introduction of the tiebreak."I knew what I wanted to do, I stuck to the plan and was able to...execute it very well," added Stosur. "I thought today was very, ver...Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and reigning French Open champ Li Na were among Thursday's second-round winners at Roland Garros.Kvitova, the No. 4 seed, handled Ur...
Major champions Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova quickly made their way into the second round of the French Open on Sunday, both winning in straight sets on the op...
Former champions Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova and sixth-seeded Samantha Stosur were among Sunday's winners at the French Open in Paris.The 13th-seeded Ivanov...
Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Samantha Stosur were among the early winners at the French Open on Sunday in Paris.The 26th-seeded Kuznetsova, the 2009 women...
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka and defending champion Li Na posted first-round victories at the French Open on Monday.Azarenka had to rally her way past Italy's Alber...
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic gave themselves more work than anticipated in moving into the third round of the French Open on Wednesday.Former champion Federer se...
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, third-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska and defending champion Li Na posted first-round victories at the French Open on Monday.Azarenka ralli...
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and former runner-up Samantha Stosur landed in the win column, while former runner-up Venus Williams ...
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic gave themselves more work than anticipated in moving into the third round of the French Open on Wednesday.Former champion Federer se...
After four days of play, the French Open was left without a Williams sister in the draw on Wednesday when former runner-up Venus joined 2002 champion Serena in makin...
After Tuesday's stunning loss by Serena Williams to close the first round of the 2012 French Open, there were no surprises early in second-round play on Wednesday as...
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka and defending champion Li Na of China posted first-round victories at the French Open on Monday.Azarenka rallied past Italy's Alberta B...
One former French Open champ pulled an upset and another previous winner exited in third-round play Friday at Roland Garros.Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2009 champion, k...
Top seed Victoria Azarenka was a third-round winner and second seed Maria Sharapova posted a second-round victory, while world No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska was a third-...
Well, that's settled: 19-year-old Sloane Stephens is bumping herself up to first class for the flight home from the French Open, whenever that might be.That extra-co...
Even though Roger Federer was again far from his best, he still managed to win at the French Open.The 2009 champion at Roland Garros was pushed to four sets Friday f...
Even though Roger Federer was again far from his best, he still managed to advance at the French Open.Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka, the top-ranked man and wo...
Even though he was again far from his best, Roger Federer still managed to win at the French Open.The 2009 champion at Roland Garros was pushed to four sets Friday f...
Almost from the moment Venus and Serena Williams appeared on the Grand Slam scene in the late 1990s, they've been winning titles and transcending tennis, becoming re...
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