Stosur loses to Rus to complete Australian woe
Stosur loses to Rus to complete Australian woe
Samantha Stosur became the highest seeded casualty so
far at this year's Wimbledon when she suffered a 6-2 0-6 6-4 second
round defeat by Dutch player Arantxa Rus to end Australia's interested
in the singles.
The U.S. Open champion, seeded five, lost six games in a
row to surrender the first set before reeling off six on the spin to
take the match into a decider.
The wildly fluctuating nature of the match continued as she fell behind 3-0 in the third set before digging in.
She saved two match points trailing 5-3 and then looked
poised to level at 5-5 as she led 40-15 on serve but then crumbled on
Court One, ending the match with a sliced backhand into the bottom of
the net.
Defeat continued Stosur's dismal record at the
grasscourt grand slam, where she has never gone beyond the third round
in nine previous attempts.
It also completes a miserable tournament for Australian
tennis. Of the five women entered into the main singles draw only Stosur managed to win a match while the men fared even worse with all
four representatives losing in the first round.
