Samantha Stosur offered no excuses after her first-round loss to Estonian qualifier Kaia Kanepi. “I just didn’t play as well as I know that I can today,” the French Open runner-up said after the 6-4 6-4 loss on Tuesday. “But I thought she played well. She served very well. I didn’t serve as well as [...]

Well in my previous post this morning I thought Justine Henin and Samantha Stosur would have the match of the day, and I was right! Stosur knocked out Henin 2-6 6-1 6-4. This is a great win for Samantha, but it doesnt get any easier with Serena Williams in the next round. Stosur has been [...]

Im really looking forward to the match today between Justine Henin and Samantha Stosur. I used to know Sam very well while playing tennis back home in Australia (we are both Queenslanders). It has been amazing how much progress she has made in this past year, moving from just a doubles player to now really [...]

The Tennis Times would like to send out a big congratulations to Samantha Stosur who won her first career WTA tour title at the 2009 Japan Open. Sam is from the same place as me back home in Australia and we played all the same tournaments when I was a junior, so its great to [...]

Dinara played a great match this morning against Dominika Cibulkova, defeating the less experienced player 6-3 6-3. While the match this afternoon was a great one to watch as it was back and forth. Svetlana Kuznetsova won the first set 6-4 then was leading slightly in the second set 6-5 and then 5-2 in the [...]

Robin Soderling (23) vs Nikolay Davydenko (10) = This is going to be a great match. Robin Soderling beat four time reigning champion Rafael Nadal in four sets in the previous round and Davydenko defeated Fernando Verdasco in straight sets. I think Robin will be still on a high from his last victory, so it [...]