Stosur: Win over Sharapova a confidence boost

Category: Tennis

Publish Date: 12-17-2011 08:25 AM -0500

U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur says that her 6-1, 7-5 win over Maria Sharapova at the WTA Championships was one of her biggest victories of the season. It was the first time that Stosur had beaten the Russian in 10 meetings, although Sharapova had just come off of an ankle injury and later ended up pulling out of the tournament. "That's going to be a big confidence boost for me the next time I go out on court against her," Stosur told the Courier Mail. "A 9-0 record isn't good but now I've won one, it proves I can beat her."

Stosur added that changing her game plan to use more variety, speeds and spins aided her victory. "If I don't hit it well enough, then it's right in her hitting zone where she can just go 'whack' and get on top of the point," said Stosur, who could face Sharapova in one of the 2012's opening events in Brisbane.

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