Next year’s starts on January 17, 2022 and will last until January 30. It will be the 110th jubilee edition of this Grand Slam tournament. This year, it will once again take place under the pressure of the all-time coronavirus pandemic and it is not known whether all the biggest tennis stars in the world will take part in it.
Samantha Stosur ends her singles career. Last appearance at the Australian Open
The upcoming Melbourne tournament will be special for one more reason. The Australian Open 2022 will be the last single performance. The Australian announced its decision on Wednesday via social media. After competing in Australia, the 37-year-old intends to focus only on doubles.
He will play a wild card at the next Australian Open Stosur. The fourth round has so far been furthest in this tournament. It happened twice – in 2006 and 2010. The opportunity to participate in the upcoming edition of AO is in a way a bow of the organizers to an experienced tennis player, for which she thanked her in social media. “It really means a lot to me that I can end up in front of my family, friends and Australian fans who have been by my side, for better or worse,” said Stosur.
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Samantha Stosur in her career was much more successful in doubles than singles. In the doubles game she was once the leader of the world rankings and has four Grand Slam titles to her credit. The last of them was a triumph at this year’s US Open, where she played in tandem with Chinese Zhang Shuai.
In a single game, it was highest in the ranking, in fourth position. It was in 2011, when she managed to win her only Grand Slam tournament in a single – the US Open. A year earlier, however, she reached the Roland Garros final, in which she had to, however, Franceski Schiavone.
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