Aussie Stosur Will Play Next Month’s Australian Open as a Serious Contender

Written by: Staff on 8th December 2011

Aussie Stosur Will Play Next Month’s Australian Open as a Serious Contender |

Samantha Stosur will play the Australian Open next month for the first time as a serious contender four months after making her major breakthrough with a US Open title.

The WTA No. 6 who claimed an Aussie tennis award this week in a blue-carpet ceremony is shrugging off expectations from the public which have only gotten more intense since she beat Serena Williams for the New York crown.

Stosur has a long way to go in Melbourne after stalling at the fourth-round stage at home. “I don’t think there’s any greater pressure than probably playing Grand Slam finals,” the 27-year-old Queenslander told Aussie media. “I’m lucky enough to have played two of those now and got through the last one with flying colors.

“There’s no reason why I cannot get a good result at the Aussie Open. It’s nothing to do with the court, or the conditions or anything like that – it’s just been one of those things.”

Stosur will bank on her solid performances in Paris (2010 final) and New York when she starts again in next month in the major.

Topics: Australian Open, Samantha Stosur