WTA – Carlsbad (Sun): Stosur Beats Azarenka For Title

Written by: Staff on 4th August 2013

WTA - Carlsbad (Sun): Stosur Beats Azarenka For Title

epa03813345 Samantha Stosur of Australia holds the trophy after defeating Victoria Azarenka from Belarus in the final at the Southern California Open tennis tournament in Carlsbad, California, USA, 04 August 2013. EPA/MICHAEL NELSON |

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN

Carlsbad, CA, USA

July 29-August 4, 2013

$795,707/Premier

Hard/Outdoors

Results – Sunday, August 4, 2013

Singles – Final

(5/WC) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 62 63

Doubles – Final

(3) Kops-Jones/Spears (USA/USA) d. Chan/Husarova (TPE/SVK) 64 61

Final Facts

– Stosur wins her first WTA title of the season and fourth of her career.

– Stosur’s last three WTA titles have come in the United States, with her 2011 US Open title being her last one before Carlsbad.

– Stosur gets her first win in nine tries against Azarenka.

– Stosur is Carlsbad’s first Australian champion.

– Azarenka will rise a spot to No.2 on the new rankings.

– Kops-Jones and Spears successfully defend their Carlsbad title for their eighth WTA doubles title as a duo.

– Carlsbad is Kops-Jones’ 10th WTA doubles title and Spears’ 12th.

Final Quotes

Stosur: “This is obviously a huge boost for me. I haven’t had great results all year really, so to be able to bounce back, especially from last week’s first round loss, and play better and better each day, it’s really exciting and a good boost going into the last Grand Slam tournament of the year.”

Azarenka: “I think the statistics really said I didn’t take my chances – but on the other hand, she was serving really well today. I just felt like I was fighting and trying to do the same thing that wasn’t working today. I kept doing the same idea, and that wasn’t very smart for me to do out there. I have to give her credit though. She played a great match today – there’s no doubt about that.”