It’s a terrible irony… but the the most representative Australian tennis player just can’t win a match in her home country. Sam has a terrible record in Australia. Last year she lost 4 games out of 5 in Australia and this year she crashed out in her opener in Brisbane and now in Sydney.
Zheng – Stosur 6-3 6-7 (7) 6-4
This match was a 2 hours and 43 minutes battle with lots of breaks (6 for Zheng and 4 for Stosur). The biggest regret for Sam was that she wasn’t able to capitalize when she was 1 break up in the third set.
“I would have loved to win but at least I won a set and was up a break in the third and gave myself a chance of winning tonight, which is a big step,” Stosur said. “This week I made a real effort to get out on the court more and I got somewhat of a reward because I played better tonight.
“I almost felt really good. I could let the arm go and I served quite well. Everything was a bit better.”
Sam will head to Melbourne where she hopes she can improve her record in her homeland (not difficult) with the aim to stun everybody to win the Austraian Open.
