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Samantha Stosur
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.
