Stosur beats Martic and the rain at US Open
Stosur beats Martic and the rain at US Open
Defending champion Sam Stosur raced through her first match of the US Open, downing Petra Martic 6-1 6-1 in New York.
The Australian, seeded seven this year at Flushing
Meadows, was far too strong for her Croatian opponent, winning the first
19 points of the match in a row, then going on to hit 10 aces and
landing 69 per cent of her first serves.
"I think probably today I carried on from exactly how I was feeling
last year," said Stosur, who upset Serena Williams in last year's final."Hopefully that's a good omen. As far as first rounds go, I was very happy with today. Last year I did feel that comfort out there and nothing bothered me; today was along the same lines."
Stosur lost in the first round of the Australian Open and the Olympics and was beaten in round two at Wimbledon.
But the 28-year-old showed no signs of nerves and now plays Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland or Edina Gallovits-Hall of Romania.
The match was over in just 51 minutes on Arthur Ashe Stadium - which was quick enough to beat the deluge that then descended over New York.
Just a few minutes after the match, play was suspended on all courts with a lengthy rain delay expected.
In other matches completed, Czech Lucie Hradecka defeated Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-3, Casey Dellacqua of Australia beat Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine, 6-2 6-3, and Anna Tatishvili of Georgia bounced France's Stephanie Foretz Gacon 6-2 6-0.
