Samantha Stosur to retire from singles action only at 2022 Australian Open

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According to Michael Doyle of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Samantha Stosur of Brisbane is planning to announce her retirement from women’s singles tennis following the 2022 Australian Open. She however has indicated her plans to continue playing women’s doubles tennis for the remainder of the 2022 calendar year.

Stosur’s current women’s doubles partner is China’s Shuai Zhang. In September, Stosur and Zhang won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title. Stosur and Zhang defeated the American duo of Coco Gauff and Caty McNally in the final, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. It was Stosur’s fourth career grand slam title in women’s doubles, as she previously won the 2005 United States Open and 2006 French Open with Lisa Raymond of the United States, and the 2019 Australian Open with Zhang.

In singles action, Stosur struggled in 2021. She only won one WTA match, and that came in the first round of the Australian Open, where she defeated Australian qualifier Destanee Aiava, 6-4, 6-4.

During her singles prime, Stosur was a magnificent player. She reached as high as fourth in the world in February of 2011, and won the 2011 United States Open. In the final, Stosur defeated American Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3.

The match was best known for Williams’s temper tantrum toward Eva Asderaki,  who awarded Stosur a point when she felt Williams had distracted Stosur with a loud scream during the match. Williams then called Asderaki “ugly on the inside,” a “loser,” and a “nobody,” according to Kevin Mitchell of The Guardian. It was one of three famous matches at the U.S, Open where Williams exemplified inappropriate conduct toward an official. The other two times were the 2009 U.S. Open semifinal against Kim Clijsters of Belgium and the 2018 U.S. Open final against Naomi Osaka of Japan.

In addition to winning the 2011 U.S. Open, Stosur won eight other singles titles in her tennis career. They came at the 2009, 2013, and 2014 Japan Open, the 2010 Charleston Open, the 2011 Southern California Open, the 2015 and 2017 Internationaux de Strasbourg in France, and the 2015 Austrian Open.

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