Sammy's US Open Series Adventure! 2009

Good job Sam. Keep it up in the second.

I am off now. Cya later everyone! :)

Way to go Sam! :bounce:

She must be playing well!

See ya Keadz! :wavey:

good :D let's hope she can win in 2 ;)

Good job Sam. Keep it up in the second.

I am off now. Cya later everyone! :)

later:kiss:

and right away a break she does everything annette and I ask as long as we say please

Sam broke for a 1/0 lead :)

Sam breaks early in the second... 1*/0
This would have to be one of few times i have seen Sam (against a good player) where she has won the first and kept the foot on the pedel... Sam has change (FOR THE BETTER)

2-0

Hay all... just got up to the great news that Sam is playing awsome and doing everything Аннетте asks for (only when saying please :lol:)
Keep it up Аннетте Sammy

2-1

what score do you want maybe annette and I can ask

What's the score? O.o

3-1

6-3 3-1

4-1 sammy does everything we ask

4-1 now ;)

4-1 sammy does everything we ask

sammy is a good girl :lol:

I know this is getting WAY ahead of myself... but I can see Sam making the final here
If she beats Ivanovic she will face:
QF: Safina (who she has beat before)
SF: Radwanska, Lisicki or Cirstea (She has beaten all this year)

I know we shouldn't but Sam is playing SO much better this year...
Can she make the final???

I would like 6/1 but wouldn't be disappointed with 6/2.... Please

lol Maybe i shouldn't have posted my expectations... Sam just DF to give up a break 4/2*

4-2 1 break back

this is what we have learned on the sveta forum never go faster then the draw its brings bad luck and you dont see the good matches she does

5-2 good job

5-2 :bounce:

we should post the conversation annette and I have asking same the things and already knowing the scores

Yeah i guess... I don't mean to be disrespectful to either Sam or Sveta (I am a huge fan of one and the other is enjoy watching) but they both have been/ are prone to choking...

mp for sammy

Stosur gets revenge 6/2 6/3!!!!!!!!

6-3 6-2 thats just awsome

well they have their moments but when they are in the great flow they seem to do it all

Well done,Sam :banana: I wasn't expecting such a fast match

I'm off to bed now :wavey:

yeah me too its late

bye all

Woohoo Sammy! :bounce: In such convincing fashion! :eek:

Sam's good North American summer hardcourt season continues :yeah: 2nd QF in a row now :D

Oh & a nice way to get revenge too ;)

:woohoo: :woohoo:

WD Sam, another solid win over a top player :yeah:

She plays either Safina or Zheng for a spot in the semis :armed:

:clap2: :woohoo: :banana:

Wooo freakin awesome :D

nice win:)!:)!:)

Woohoo bring on the livestream!

Sam next opponent will be Zheng...
Played once before (earlier this year, when Sam was losing matches from winning positions) 3/6 7/5 7/5...
I think Sam was up in the final set and served for it???
Anyway Sam is in Career best form and I wouldn't be suprised if this is another win for Sam, Hopeing for a Jie letdown...

zheng must be in good form too to take out safina, but sammy should take care of her:)
carn sam!!

C'mon Sammy!!

Stadium (from 12.00hrs)
1. Cirstea vs. A.Radwanska
2. Zheng vs. Stosur (NB 14.15hrs)
3. U.Radwanska vs. Sharapova (NB 20.00hrs)
4. Pennetta vs. Zvonareva

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Good luck Sammy, take some revenge from that Dubai chokefeast :armed:

Also, Stubsur lost to Maria (:angel:) and Aga 6-3 7-6 (3) :hug:

omg omg omg!! Smash her Sam! (I love that slogan :lol: ) :armed:

omg omg omg!! Smash her Sam! (I love that slogan :lol: ) :armed:

Agreed :lol:

I'm so hoping for a livestream today :drool:

Good luck today,Sammy!! :D I don't know if I'll stay up today.

well I am gonna so if you dont sleep well

http://www.fromsport.com/video-53023.html

Live stream :)

http://www.fromsport.com/video-53023.html

Live stream :)

:hearts: and in english!!!!!!

Sam need to be MORE aggressive

sam needs to hit the ball in first

Sam is down 1/4* (Down 2 breaks)

Sam is going for everything and in my oppinion she's trying too hard and missing almost everything

She is feeling rushed because Zheng is taking everything so early.

She needs to push her back and try and come into the net more.

What a high backhand volley.... she's definately perfected those lucky shots :lol:

Sammy fights off a BP 3/4*

Sam has had second serves at duece on Jie's serve and mishit both...
less aggression more precission

I think there goes the first set...
Stosur *3/5

A serve volley!!!
Sammy 4/5*

Zheng takes the first 6/4
Sam did have her chances, she was up 0-15 and 15-30...

4-6

I'm not sure how sam got 4 games out of that set

Sammy down 1/2*

it's getting worse

Still down a break 2/3*

3-3, Sam breaks to love :rocker2:

Breaks to love *3/3

4-3, break her now Sammy :bounce:

What changed at the change of end... She is playing aggressive but with margin...
Sam 4/3*

She needs to keep this up.

She was playing with absolutely not game plan before at all. At least now she is trying to open up the backhand side of the court so she can hit the Forehand down the line. Using the slice more effectively and wrong footing Jie.

Still too many questionable errors.

Sam breaks for 5-3 with a lovely dropshot :inlove:

GREAT DROP VOLLEY!!!!
12 of the last 14 points!!!
Serving for the set!!!

Great serve out wide then down the line!!!
saves the BP

6-3 :yeah: Please stay strong in the final :awww:

that's the sort of tennis we've been wanting, more margin on her shots

Sam breaks for 1-0, final set :D
5 games in a row :eek:

:woohoo: Sam breaks Zheng in the first game of the third :speakles: *1-0

Sam serving 15-0

30-15

Down BP :help:

Saved ... deuce :D

Game Point :bounce:

Deuce again

Sam holds for 2-0, final set :woohoo:
6 games in a row

Saves a BP to hold, 2-0 :)

Good job Sam, big turn around from 1-3.

Expecting maybe a little lapse in concentration, which usually happens when things have been going a little bit too easily. But I'm confident she can win this match now, extremely different to what I was thinking at the start of this match.

Zheng holds and Sammy will serve up 2-1 final set

Zhengs game has gone a bit crappy, so if she starts to play good I hope Sam is prepared to keep up with her.

Zheng holds courtesy to the Sam speciality - a frame that get launched into the crowd :tape:

15-0

30-0

40-0 :)

Nice hold :D
3-1*

Strong game from Zheng, please hold now Sammy. :awww:

Sammy to serve up 3-2

15-0

30-0

Sam holds :D
4-2 now

Tough hold for Sam, 4-2 :yeah:

This is where Zheng cameback against Safina, don't let it happen to you Sam :p

Sam to serve now at 4-3

5-3 :rocker2:

5-3 :woohoo:

Great forehand!!!
one more!!!

0-15

30-30

Sammy to serve for it at 5-4

5-4, Jie's called her coach :o

Great forehand crosscourt from Zheng
Serving for the match!!!

30-0 :banana:

:woohoo: :yeah: :bolt: :eek:

Another great win from Sammy :D
Congrats and good luck vs. Cirstea for a place in the final :armed:

:woohoo: :woohoo:

Sam wins 4-6 6-3 6-4, great performance after dropping the first :yeah:

Sweet revenge after that Dubai chokefeast :armed:

GREAT WIN!!!!
4/6 6/3 6/3 what a way to comeback after that woeful first set...

Great match from Sam :) She is so good.

That was powerful way to finish off the match. Good fighting there Sam, finally stopped hitting too many errors and started playing smarter tennis. And i don't think she was thinking of Dubai when serving that one out.

The stream sam's match tomorrow will be 7am again tomorrow so another early morning is on the cards.

she kept haging in there. its was great to see.

hope she can get some energie before next match.

but what long night again I am off to sleep,

Good job Sammy, great to see her in the final. I am already preparing myself for another loss in the final though :(

I wish she could break through already!!!

Keep it up next round :)

Great match for Sam to get through :yeah: good shot of making the final now :)

Good job Sammy, great to see her in the final. I am already preparing myself for another loss in the final though :(

I wish she could break through already!!!

Keep it up next round :)
Now now, the Sam we are seeing now is a little different from the one even at the start of this year.
She'll break through eventually. Have faith ;)
So glad that she is finding some margin for error in her game when things go off. I've never thought that she's a full-on choker. Always thought that its her point construction, forehand and patience have been her issues. The amount of wins she's had over the last couple of months proves that as her game has evolved her confidence has followed.

Unbelievable! Jie had that match but Sam fought back. :bounce:

woooooooooooo:):)

Great stuff from Sammy :yeah: Good luck in the Semis!

Sammy serving first :)

Sammy 1-0* Cirstea

Sammy *2-0 Cirstea

Sammy 3-0* Cirstea

Sam takes the firsy 6-3, served well that set

she wone first set really easy with 6-3 now finish it sammy

Sam :inlove: Now please win the second.

Love game finished with an ace :drool:

Sam breaks :yeah: She played some great points in that game.

she has a break now 2-1

Sam fights off two break points. Yeah :hearts:

Just woke up to the awsome news..
Sammy up a set and 2 breaks... *4/1 in the second!!!

4-1 :yeah: Step to this.

Another love game :inlove: Break for the match Sammy :armed:

Stsour win the game easily... 2 aces a GREAT forehand half volley pick up and a easy one-2...
Break for the match!!!

*5-2. No choking please. kkthxbai.

Sammy had chances... 0-30, duece...\
Serve it out now!!!

Great first point :inlove:

Well played. 2 more.

MP Sammy!!!

sammy wins with big numbers a great match to watch. 6-3 6-2

and another stap closer to winning so she is making progress.

would be great if she wins this tournament she has chances next match she can win.

Yes!!! 6/3 6/2

She did it :yeah: Great win Sam! Cirstea can be a diffiuclt opponent. So nice, easy win. Into the biggest final of her career :inlove:

in the entire match Stosur only lost 9 points on serve... and if you take out the game in which Cirstea had the 2 BP cahnces ... Sam only would have lost 6!!!

Sammy 6-3 6-2 Cirstea

Great match from Sammy, her serving was fantastic :yeah:

Good luck in the final Sam :D

Nice win Sam, into a final! Played really well, served great, forehand was solid and consisant today, got some a lot winners out of that wing.

:rocker2: nice one sam :rocker2:

So happy for Sam :D She played great today :bounce: :hearts:

Well done Sam :D :yeah: I'am just so happy for. Go out there & take it to Flavia or Maria :armed:

:woohoo: :woohoo:

Great job Sam, I'm so happy :yeah: 1 more win, please Sam :sobbing:

please win sam!

Amazing win today from sammy, what level is this tournament?

Its a premier event... in the old term i think that is like a teir 2...

Pennetta will be Sam's opponent. :armed:

time for that first title!! carn sammy..

STUPID WORK!!!
I have to work tomorrow from 8-12 and Sam's match starts at 7 where in NSW!!!
Ohh well I guess i will get to see the first 20 mins and hopefully someone can upload it??? :help:

Time to take it to Flavia :yeah:

Does anyone know when the US Open Seeds are established... Im hopinghoping it is after the Toronto points are added to the ranking coz If Sam preforms according to her seed (there) and Cibulkova doesnt in Cinci and doesnt play Toronto Sam has a chance at jumping her and moving int the Top 16... anyone know when the seeds are established???

I think it could be the 27th August maybe!

They do the USO seedings based on the 24th August rankings, yep right after Toronto.

They do the USO seedings based on the 24th August rankings, yep right after Toronto.

Ahhh cool :)

Even if Sam isn't ranked #16 or higher, she will kick ass at the US Open anyway :p

ofcourse she does!!

Toronto Draw has been released. Here is Sam's section:

Svetlana Kuznetsova (6) vs BYE
qualifier vs Samantha Stosur
Virginie Razzano vs Ekaterina Makarova
qualifier vs Flavia Pennetta (12)

Very tricky section if you ask me once she gets to 2nd round or even the 3rd round. But hey she can do well.

The draw is out... but I hope maybe a seed will withdraw so that Sam will because that seed!!!

Sammy's Section:
Svetlana Kuznetsova (6) vs BYE
qualifier vs Samantha Stosur
Virginie Razzano vs Ekaterina Makarova
qualifier vs Flavia Pennetta (12)

Amelie Mauresmo (15) vs Francesca Schiavone
Shahar Peer vs qualifier
Iveta Benesova vs Ai Sugiyama
BYE vs Elena Dementieva (4)

Very tough draw with Kuznetsova and Pennetta in the 2nd and 3rd round.
Good luck to Sam! :hug: She can do well.

I was thinking, Pennetta might withdraw from Toronto if she makes it to the finals in Cincinnati. Will Sam be seeded 16th in case that happens?

hhhmmm thats not the best draw for me. my to faves in second round against each other.

Going to be hard for me with Sveta and Sam facing each other in the 2nd round!

But if 3rd round comes then it could be the perfect chance to have a little revenge on Pennetta ;)

Pennetta must be getting tired by now she is going to wear herself out for the US Open :lol:

Call me pessimistic but that draw doesn't look good. :help: C'mon - prove me wrong Sam! :armed:

Sam will play Heidi el Tabakh (:lol:) today. The match is scheduled second on Grandstand, the first match starts at 11.00 am. So Sam's match will probably start around 12.30 pm, which is 18.30 CET and 2.30 am NSW time if I'm right.

Go Sammy! Kick some ass in Toronto! :banana:

Good luck Sam :)

Im stuck doing an assignment all night so no doubt Ill get distracted with this match haha.

First game and a break for Sam :yeah:

1st set was a bit nerve racking :eek:

Her service game was letting her down, but its all good in the 2nd set :yeah:

Oh my god Ive actually jinxed Sam :eek:

Phewww she won 7-6 7-6 :yeah:

It was one tough match though, Sam is going to need to step it up a level in the 2nd round against Kuzzy :eek:

great job sammy.

now the hard part comes for me cuz my favorites play against each other nect round. I will choose sveta to win cuz she stays my no.1 but when sam wins I will be happy too.

Im not chosing between the 2 Im just going to hope the best player on the day wins :yeah:

Phew, glad Sam won in the end :yeah: probably should of been easier than that considering she had a 5-1 lead in the 2nd set. But she won so I'm happy :)

GL against Sveta, like you two who posted before me its against two of my faves :sad: but at least one is through to the 3r.

I think this result was a relax in concentration, plus El Tabakh was playing in home

Phew, glad Sam won in the end :yeah: probably should of been easier than that considering she had a 5-1 lead in the 2nd set. But she won so I'm happy :)

GL against Sveta, like you two who posted before me its against two of my faves :sad: but at least one is through to the 3r.

That is a very good way of looking at it Ben :yeah:

Phew thank god Sam held her nerve in those tiebreakers :lol: El Tabakh scored some big upsets in qualifying, I knew it would be tough for Sam today :p

Good luck against Sveta :armed:

Tough match, but thank goodness she won :D!!

Needs to step it up against Sveta but she can do it, good luck Sammy!!

Shes last on stadium, soooo tomorrow morning sometime, yay not 230am again. I fell asleep :(

Well done Sam :yeah: Good luck against Sveta :armed:

Good luck today to Sammy! She needs to lift her game against Svetlana.

Go Sam! :banana:

Good luck today Sammy :yeah:

I would normally stay up and watch her match but its not on till 2am my time and I have work at 8am :(

http://www.fromsport.com/video-58794.html stream link 2am aint a good time for me

Go Sam :bounce:

Sam takes the first set to 4!! :bounce:

Up a break at 4-3 in the second set, finnish her sam.

5-3 now, so close

2 match points.

Sam wins 64 63. Great win, to be honest i thought she would lose this one.

Sam won 64 63 :bounce::bounce:

Yay Sammy :D Seems that Sveta played quite badly, but still a good win against another top 10 player. Nice job Sam! And top 15 now :yeah:

This year Sam usually wins aginst players she has lost to earlier in the year.... Serena, Dementieva, Sveta, Ivanovic, Zheng, just to name a few.... Maybe Pennetta in the 3rd???

congradulations sammy, not a great match she could have won easier and has to step it up against pennetta.

and top 15 with not much points to defend looks good for her.

Wooo sammy! :D Keep it up!

greaaaat:) keep it going!!

Great win for Sammy.

Hugs to all the Sveta fans here.

Did anybody get to see the match?

WD Sam :yeah: definitely has good chance at the USO considering the form that she is in :)

Well Done Sam, oddly enough i wasn't home today to watch but great result for Sam, hopefully this week can contiune

:woohoo:

Good win today Sam :yeah: Least one of my favourites takes her chances when she's given them :lol:

Revenge time against Flavia :armed:

Yeah it's time for Vendetta! :banghead:

ofcourse i saw the match keadz! if theres a stream...im watching it! I need a nap later tho as only got 2hrs sleep

Great win for Sammy.

Hugs to all the Sveta fans here.

Did anybody get to see the match?

I got to see parts of it. Svetlana didn't play well. Sam didn't do anything spectacular, but had a very solid game. Hopefully she can keep this up :)

Well done Sam :yeah: Keep this form going!

Razzano beat Pennetta.

So Sammy has Razzano next....hmmm could be tough! Sammy needs to pick up her game after Sveta as it wasnt the best of displays!

Good luck Sammy :yeah: Hopefully it aint a late match so I can watch it :D

So next round will be against Razzano. Good memories from the French Open :)

Better Razzano than Pennetta..
keep it going sammy:)

Does anyone know what Sam's chances are on winning the US Open Series?

Does anyone know what Sam's chances are on winning the US Open Series?

She is on 70 points and Jankovic is on 115 so she would have to do one round better then jankovic to overtake her... she probably has a 50/50 chance, as Jankovic is playing Clijsters next round...

I think all others equal or above her in the series are out of Toronto...

Wow, so she's actually got a pretty chance on winning it :D That would be awesome.
Her US Open Series 2009 are great anyway, but that would be so cool!

Sam v Razzano is first match on grandstand court tonight.

Yay at her being first up! Ill be up to watch it, or at least the scoreboard haha.

What time will that be in NSW?

I think around 1am.

Sam's match has started. Go Sammy! :)

come on sammy!!

we have to do it without livestream

Sam serving for the first set at 5-3 15 all, Virginie is a solid player but i can't see her challenging sam in her current form.

Sam takes the first set 6-3, saving bp in her last service game.

1 all second set. 2 bp's for sam.

sam up 3-1.

Breaks again for 4-1, on fire now can't see her losing from here.

Razzano now serving to stay in the match at 1-5.

sam wins 6-3 6-1, won the last 6 games in row, can't get over how blasé i am about her beating top 20 players now days, i just expect these kind of results from sam now and im loving it.

Another solid win. Sam is awesome :) And a step closer to winning the US Open Series!

that was better the tuesday,

up to next round!!!

nice:)

now time for another win against dementieva!!!:):)

WD Sam :yeah: 3rd consecutive QF or better at Premier events in North America :D
Hopefully it doesn't stop in the quarters. GL against Lena :)

:woohoo:

:rocker2: Wow Sam, another solid win :yeah: Dementieva next up :armed:

Good job Sam!! Now to take on elena!

Win it nice and easy Sammy and get ready to beat Serena again :)

Woot woot, rock on Sam!

Keep it up Sammy. :)

Would be another great tournament if she gets a top 10 win...again.

Well Done Sam on making the quarters. Now lets see if she can beat dementieva again. It'll be a very big (but very early) morning with Stosur/Dementieva and Federer/Hewitt on roughly the same time.

Would be great if she won it :yeah:

Good luck against Elena :yeah:

breaks are flying around but sam shows some great points

4-4

4-5 ...

3 dfs in a row... Cmon Sam!

Sam wins the tie breaker and takes the set. :bounce:

second set isnt going so wel at the moment.

come on sammy!!!

Bad luck Sammy :sad: It could have gone either way.. :hug:

what a wind on that court. But good thry sammy next time you'll get her!!!

dang. good tourny though...
she will be a good chance for the title in new haven:):)

Ah oh well, another good tournament though :hug:

Still alive in the doubles, win the title! :p

Yeah, watched some of it, probably needed to serve better, didn't see what happened in that 2nd set. In the first set there were 8 breaks of serve.

Good week Sam, got to like the consistancy this hardcourt swing.