Saturday, August 1, 2009

Stanford Tennis: Samantha Stosur Defeated Top Seed Serena Williams

Top seed Serena Williams suffered a shocking at the hands of Australian Samantha Stosur. Thus, Serena’s nine-match winning steak has been ended. With the 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 victory, Stosur has ensured her semi-final progress at the Stanford Tennis competition. The Aussie would face Marion Bartoli in the semi final as the French defeated Jelena Jankovic to make her way to the last four. Stosur is naturally very much delighted after such a big victory. The 25-year-old admitted that it was one of her best victories of her career. Now, she wants to make it to the final by winning the semi final match.


Samantha Stosur started off very well against Serena Williams who was underperformed in the game. Stosur took the first set 6-2, but the American bounced back in the second set strongly to win it by 3-6. However, Samantha Stosur once again showed her skill and talent to outperform Serena Williams in the third set 6-2, and thus, ensuring an excellent victory. Meanwhile, Serena’s elder sister Venus Williams defeated former world no. 1 Maria Sharapova in another quarter final match.


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