Sam Stosur’s distinguished professional tennis career will end in the next two weeks, a 21st appearance at the Australian Open a fitting time to walk away.
A year after the emotion of her singles swansong at Melbourne Park, the veteran Australian knows this final farewell is going to feel both different and harder.The 2011 US Open champion continued her career last year with doubles appearances as part of a gradual, albeit successful, withdrawal.
Among myriad feats in singles and doubles, Stosur is best remembered for a US Open triumph more than a decade ago, achieved with a 6-2, 6-3 finals win over Serena Williams, no less.But that is only the start of it. Stosur was especially successful on clay at Roland Garros, reaching the final there in 2010, as well as three other singles semi-finals.
Having made the final call in December that this Australian Open, her 21st appearance since 2002, would definitively be the professional farewell, Stosur remains comfortable with the decision. “I’m like, ‘do I want to stop?’ You know what I mean – it’s hard to then actually make that decision but whether it was now, or in six months, or a month or a week or whatever, it’s never going to be easy. It’s always going to have that feeling [of finality] ...
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