U.S. Open champion Stosur coasts into second round
U.S. Open champion Stosur coasts into second round
U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur won her first match at
Wimbledon for three years as she reached the second round with a
clinical 6-1 6-3 win over Spanish claycourt specialist Carla Suarez
Navarro on Monday.
The Australian fifth seed, a first-round loser at the
All England Club for the past two years, played a fine attacking game to
outplay Suarez Navarro both from the baseline and when she went on the
attack up at the net.
Stosur, cheered on by supporters chanting "If you all
love the Aussies, clap your hands," raced through the first set in only
26 minutes with the loss of just one game.
She let slip her serve just once in the second set but
was still far too good against the Barcelona-based Spaniard, who is
ranked 35 places below her.
For Stosur, it was a perfect morale-boosting win to
launch her 10th Wimbledon challenge, especially as she has never gone
beyond the third round.
