Samantha Stosur all set to face defending champion in Top – 8 round!
Yesterday on Sunday 5th September, 2010, finally Samantha Stosur’s name was included in the top-eight list of the US Open 2010 following a three-set victory in a nail-biting clash against Russian star-player, Elena Dementieva in New York.
Being the tournament’s fifth seed, Australian Samantha Stosur won the crucial match with 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 & finally 7-2 in the fourth-round reportedly booking her next match with defending champion, Kim Clijsters in the US Open quarter-finals.
After winning her clash, Samantha Stosur said “it’s just unbelievable right now. We both played a great match. We both went for it. To have a match like that here is fantastic”.
She further added “I just dug deep and never gave up and made her work for it and I was able to pull it out. That’s definitely one of the most exciting matches I’ve ever played”.Australian Samantha Stosur has beaten 12th seed Russian Elena Dementieva 6-3 2-6 7-6 (7-2) in a gruelling encounter to book a place in the US Open quarter-finals. Notably, the match started at 10.57pm local time and finished at 1.37am, thus covering two evenings at the US Open for the first time.
Even if, like me, you're predicting a Caroline Wozniacki win, it's patently impossible not to love Kim Clijsters. In a 2010 U.S. Open quarterfinals match that started late and ran later, she maintained her bubbly charm amid ghastly on-court conditions, defeating 5th-seeded Sam Stosur 6-4. 5-7, 6-3. (The evening's intangibles award went to Stosur's crisp purple Lacoste dress.) The ladies battled the weather at least as often as they battled each other; by the second set both players were displaying visible frustration with the windy stadium.
Kim Clijsters has now won 19 straight matches at Flushing Meadows, and will face Venus Williams in the semis.
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Kim Clijsters v Sam Stosur – US Open live tennis
Kim Clijsters opens the night session against Sam Stosur in the US Open quarter-finals.
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Much will depend on how Stosur has recovered from her marathon fourth round encounter with Elena Dementieva. The Aussie has not been at her best but she’s toughing out wins and is enjoying by far her best ever run at the US Open. She sealed a gutsy 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 late night win over the Russian on Sunday in a match where it seemed almost impossible for either player to hold serve.
However she faces even more of a step up in class against defending champion Clijsters who is heavy favourite to go on and make the final. However the Belgian will be well aware that the path to the final seemed clear for her at both the Aussie Open and Wimbledon this year and her game fell apart badly in key matches.
However if Clijsters keeps focus she should win this one in straight sets. She is a better mover and has a far better backhand than Stosur. Crucially she also possesses the accuracy from the back of the court to expose the Aussie’s weakness.
Unless Stosur serves out of her mind this is likely to go the same way as her other three matches with Clijsters which the Belgian has all won in straight sets on hard courts, including a 6-3, 7-5 win in Miami earlier this year.
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