For the third time this year, we have a new Women's grandslam winner... This time its the Aussie Samantha Stosur who shocked 13-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3, to win her first grand slam in the form of US Open.
The match spun about out of control at the start of the second set, when on break point, Serena screamed right after she hit a forehand down the line and before Stosur was able to get her racket on the ball. Chair umpire Eva Asderaki then awarded the point to Stosur, stating that Grand Slam rules dictated that decision. Serena badly lost her temper and eventually received a code violation.
After Serena's final groundstroke flew wide, the quiet Stosur then smiled in joy and knelt to the ground, as she became the first Australian woman to win a major since Evonne Goolagong at 1980 Wimbledon.
Hope we get to see more of her amazing game and many more grand slam victories too...
Samantha Stosur is the first Australian woman to win a Grand Slam since Evonne Goolagong (1980 Wimbledon Women's Champion) and the first US Open since Margaret Smith Court (1973 US Open Women's Champion).
Aussie Sam Stosur with US Open 2011 Women's Trophy
US Open 2011 Women's Champion Samantha Stosur (first Grandslam winner since Evonne Goolagong in 1980 Wimbledon)
Sam Stosur said, "After that first set I kind of sat down and I could
feel my heart pounding out of my chest, and I thought, Okay, I’m a set
up now; I’ve got a chance to win one out of the next two and I’ve got a
chance."
The match spun about out of control at the start of the second set, when on break point, Serena screamed right after she hit a forehand down the line and before Stosur was able to get her racket on the ball. Chair umpire Eva Asderaki then awarded the point to Stosur, stating that Grand Slam rules dictated that decision. Serena badly lost her temper and eventually received a code violation.
Sam Stosur reacts after winning the final point of the US Open's finals against Serena Williams
Australian Samantha Stosur is elated after winning the US Open 2011 Women's title
Reaction of Sam Stosur after winning her first major title in the form of US Open 2011
After Serena's final groundstroke flew wide, the quiet Stosur then smiled in joy and knelt to the ground, as she became the first Australian woman to win a major since Evonne Goolagong at 1980 Wimbledon.
Sam Stosur lofts the US Open trophy that she won after beating Serena Williams in the finals on September 11, 2011 in New York
US Open women's winner Samantha Stosur with US Open runners-up Serena Williams
US Open women's champion Samantha Stosur with beaten finalist Serena Williams
One for the lenses - Aussie Sam Stosur kisses her US Open 2011 Women's trophy
US Open 2011 women's champion Sam Stosurposes with her trophy at Times Square in New York
Samantha Stosur poses with her US Open trophy at Times Square in New York after the party
“To go out and play the way I did is an unbelievable feeling,” Stosur said after winning her first grandslam in New York.
Hope we get to see more of her amazing game and many more grand slam victories too...
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