Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur
Samantha Jane "Sam" Stosuris an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she held for 61 weeks, and a former World No. 4 in singles...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth30 March 1984
CityBrisbane, Australia
CountryAustralia
christmas sports people
It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.
sports beach brother
I love to get home and hang out with my family. My brothers and I love spending time at the beach. I enjoy doing all kinds of surf sports and keeping healthy.
sports years people
Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people's achievements and contributions to Australian tennis.
sports dream kids
I did always dream of being a professional player. I think every kid does dream of being a pro, but to last the journey you have to love tennis as a sport and if you are lucky enough to make it in the pros, it is really a bonus.
sports workout heart
Tennis takes care of everything. It requires agility and quickness to get to the ball, core strength to get power into your shorts and stamina to last for an entire match. In addition to toning your arms and shoulders, it's a total body workout for your legs and abs, and works your heart and core unlike any other sport.
Once they got a sniff, they didn't let it go.
game top
I've got to be on top of my game and really go out there and play my own game.
nice welcome
It's nice the welcome I've always had here in Australia.
both good hopefully matches mixed playing shot singles
We both think we have a good shot in the mixed matches if it all comes down to playing the mixed. Hopefully one of us can get through the singles and if it comes down the doubles, I think we'd be confident.
aggressive ball best couple gave hard hit match net played point tried trying whenever winners
I just tried to play aggressive and play the way I like playing... trying to be aggressive and hit the ball hard, try to come into the net whenever I can. She had a couple of winners when she was match point down, she played hard and really gave it her best shot.
guess happens hopefully love playing step whatever
I guess it's hopefully one step at a time. I'll be back, I love playing here so whatever happens I'll be back and hopefully I can play better and better.
break chances few games played second
In the first set I just didn't do anything wrong. I don't think I could have really played that set much better. I had some chances in the second set to break her in a few games and didn't get it.
test trying work
We were really trying to test each other out and to see what was going to work or not work.
best exactly match momentum playing single tennis top
When I'm playing my best, like I was at the U.S. Open, I feel on top of the match and able to do exactly what I want. There are other times when you're not in control, but that is tennis and you have momentum changes in every single match.