News about Samantha Stosur

Alex de Minaur has denied great mate Jordan Thompson in a titanic all-Australian fourth-round US Open showdown to notch another significant milestone in his stellar grand slam season.

After being rewarded for his most consistent season and receiving Australia tennis's highest individual accolade, Alex de Minaur will enter the Australian Open as a dual Newcombe Medalist.

Samantha Stosur has expressed the deepest regret of her career in tennis, and this isn't what most fans would expect. Stosur resigned on Saturday night, ecstatically content after winning the grand slam singles crown with a dramatic victory over Serena Williams at the 2011 US Open in New York. The 38-year-old is also the first Australian woman since the legendary Evonne Goolagong Cawley more than a century ago to win major titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles - all sorts of the competitive game.

Demi Schuurs and Nikola Mektic, the retired Dutch-Croatian pairing, lost 4-6 6-3 10-6 in a match tiebreak to the fifth-seeded Dutch-Croatian pair on Saturday in front of a packed court three crowd. Following a 21st and final Melbourne Park campaign, a tearful Stosur received a standing ovation from the adoring supporters, including her family, and acknowledged by her opponents.

Olivia Gadecki, an overjoyed teenager who was barely able to make it to the Australian Open second round at Melbourne Park, was almost lost for words. With a rousing 7-5 6-1 win over teenage qualifier Polina Kudermetova on Monday, the rising star backed up her wildcard debut. Ash Barty, the former champion, was making her main-draw debut at the Open after losing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 last year.

Ash Barty will return to Melbourne Park later this month to mentor another tennis prodigy with her own big Australian Open aspirations. Barty revealed in November that she'd be returning to the scene of her historic 2022 Open victory, but refused to specify what role she'd be filling, just ruling out joining the commentary ranks. However, Olivia Gadecki, a former Queenslander, is excited to announce that she will be in her corner for the 20-year-old's much-anticipated Open debut after being given a wildcard entry into the season's first grand slam.

However, his late departure has left Australia in the dust, and his colleagues only learned ten minutes before their press conference that he would no longer be joining them. Kyrgios' no-show is no surprise, according to Greek rival Tsitsipas. I don't find it as a surprise.' 'I hope he enjoys his holidays,' he said.