Australian Tennis player, Sam Stosur has to see off of her home title as she loses to Russia\u2019s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round of the Australia Open on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s top tennis player, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beats Sam Stosur by 6-2,6-2. Last month, Sam said that she would focus only on the doubles after her 20th singles appearance at her home Grand Slam back in 2002.<\/p>\n
She was having a great run at the tournament after defeating Robin Anderson in the first round on Tuesday, but this time Anastasia did not let the former US Open champion succeed.<\/p>\n
Sam said that she ran for everything as hard as she could and draw it out a little more. She appreciated her opponent by saying that she played great today. Sam Stosur world ranking 21 has twice reached the fourth round of Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n
She has received more Gram Slam successes apart from the homeland. Her most known win was against Serena Williams at the finals 2011 US Open and also a runner up at the French Open.<\/p>\n
She believes that she had achieved more than she could ever think. She had dreamed of this ever since she was a little kid and couldn\u2019t ask more.<\/p>\n
She is glad that she has had amazing experiences in her homeland and across the world as a tennis player.<\/p>\n
After her loss against Anastasia at Kia Arena, she received a standing ovation from the crowd.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had goosebumps when everyone was clapping for Sam. She\u2019s such a great human being and an amazing tennis player\u201d, said Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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