Samantha Stosur is positive about her better performance in the future – Tennis News
World number five, Samantha Stosur, is not gutted by her early exit from the Wimbledon Championships; rather she is convinced that she can learn a lot of things from the second round exit from the All England Club competition.
Unfortunately, the fifth seed Aussie was broken down by the 21-year-old Dutch starlet, Arantxa Rus, who is ranked 72 in the world. It was a three-setter encounter witnessing a swirl of luck with every set for both players. Firstly
it was the Dutch who clubbed the win 6-2 in the opening set; Stosur registered a thumping bagel 6-0 in the following set but failed to hang on in the final set, losing out 4-6 at the end.
Wimbledon Championships have never brought happiness to the reigning US Open Champion. She has not crossed the third round of the tournament throughout her career so it was expected that she will bow down early in this edition
of the competition. Probably, grass court surface is not made for Stosur.
Talking to the media representatives, Stosur said, “Maybe one positive is that the Olympics are coming up and I've got more time to get better on this surface. I think overall I'm happier with the way it's gone this year. Still
disappointed, I think it can and probably should be better. At least this time I feel like I came out and gave myself a chance to win and felt a little clearer with what I wanted to do and tried to stick to those plans rather than going down a few games and
panicking and thinking it's all gone."
The 28-year-old Aussie confessed that she struggled against the inferior ranked player on Wednesday. She couldn’t get any sort of momentum except the second set thrashing of Rus. It was not a right day for her to contest. She wasn’t
lucky; most of the returns were landing just long that frustrated the Aussie and forced her to commit several unforced errors.
Maybe, she will surprise everyone in the upcoming Olympics contest, contested at the grass court surface. However, it will require some utmost courage and some luck to win a gold medal at London.
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