Sam Stosur continues to flatter to deceive. Just when it was thought the veteran Aussie was stringing together all parts of her game to put up a fine show at New York, she astonishingly made a first round exit to a relatively inexperienced teenager Victoria Duval.
Flushing Meadows had been the foundation of some of her most enthralling performances in her whole career and for the last three years, the Aussie hadn’t lost before the quarter-finals.
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With a smashing display at Carlsbad where she bludgeoned Victoria Azarenka, the 2011 US Open champion looked all set to saunter through the rounds with style and panache.
But Stosur met her worst demons as she let a healthy lead slip away and her US Open campaign came to a stuttering halt on the back of 56 unforced errors.
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Sudeshna Banerjee
Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.
Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.
Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.
Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.
When not using her skills and years of experience in crafting compelling content, Sudeshna likes to read, watch movies and travel.
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