Yesterday on Sunday 5th September, 2010, finally Samantha Stosur’s name was included in the top-eight list of the US Open 2010 following a three-set victory in a nail-biting clash against Russian star-player, Elena Dementieva in New York.
Being the tournament’s fifth seed, Australian Samantha Stosur won the crucial match with 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 & finally 7-2 in the fourth-round reportedly booking her next match with defending champion, Kim Clijsters in the US Open quarter-finals.
After winning her clash, Samantha Stosur said “it’s just unbelievable right now. We both played a great match. We both went for it. To have a match like that here is fantastic”.
She further added “I just dug deep and never gave up and made her work for it and I was able to pull it out. That’s definitely one of the most exciting matches I’ve ever played”.
Dementieva said “it was really difficult to play here. It was one of the latest matches I’ve played in my life. I was trying to fight until the end. I was disappointed in the way I played the match points. I was feeling a little sleepy during the match. I had opportunities but I didn’t take advantage”.
The gripping and breath-taking clash between Samantha Stosur and Dementieva started at 10:57pm and finished at 1:37am (Local Timing). Stretching to a time-span of more than two and half hours, it was the latest-finishing women’s singles match ever in US Open history.
Samantha Stosur said “it’s good to make history I guess”.
Samantha Stosur
