Samantha Stosur News

Marcos Baghdatis finished the 2009 season by winning the If Stockholm Open title.

Marion Bartoli and Aravane Rezai will meet in an all-French final at the WTA Tournament of Champions event after each posted straight-set semifinal wins on Saturday.

The final tournament of the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tennis season begins on Wednesday in Bali.

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez upset second-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia 7-6 , 7-5 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions.

Women's Tour Australian Samantha Stosur bundled out of Bali quarter-final From correspondents in Denpasar, Indonesia Sam Stosur has been bundled out of the Tournament of Champions in Bali with a semi-final in sight after a straight sets loss to Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.

Veteran Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm upset fifth-seeded Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues in Thursday's round-robin action, while France's Aravane Rezai secured a berth in Saturday's semifinals at the $600,000 Tournament of Champions tennis event.

BALI, Indonesia: Marion Bartoli made a strong start on the opening day of the Bali Tournament of Champions on Wednesday with the number one winning a group match over Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 6-4, 6-4. "I'm really happy to win in two sets," Bartoli said.

Scot Andy Murray will partner English starlet Laura Robson. Map: Perth 6000 World number four Andy Murray will be the major drawcard at next year's Hopman Cup in Perth.

Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of the US entered the doubles finals at the Sony Ericsson Championships, beating Samantha Stosur and Rannae Stubbs of Australia in super tie-break 3-6, 7-6 , 10-8 at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha yesterday.

Italian Francesca Schiavone easily defeated Belarus' Olga Govortsova for her second career WTA Tour title Sunday at the $1 million Kremlin Cup.

Samantha Stosur is aiming to continue her run of form into the Australian summer.

All is well...Stosur says the state of the game in Australia is not as gloomy as some had painted it.

Francesca Schiavone of Italy advanced to her second consecutive final in as many weeks, defeating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 6-0 Saturday in the Kremlin Cup semifinals.

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, left, talks with her father and coach Victor Krason during her... Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, left, talks with her father and coach Victor Krason during her semi-final match against Samantha Stosur of Australia at the Japan Women's Open Tennis in Osaka,western Japan, Saturday, Oct.

In the money... Samantha Stosur. Samantha Stosur leads Lleyton Hewitt as Australian tennis' biggest prizemoney winner in 2009.

Tennis Victory in Japan has Samantha Stosur on verge on reaching world's top 10 October 19, 2009 Samantha Stosur says her next goal is a world top 10 ranking and she's now only three spots away after her breakthrough first WTA singles title triumph.

HAPPY DAY: After Nicolay Davydenko upset the Spaniard in straight sets, the Russian No.

Third-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur captured her first WTA singles title, defeating fourth-seeded Francesca Schiavone on Sunday in the title match of the HP Japan Women's Open.

The top-seeded Dane broke the sixth-seeded Wozniak twice in the final set to beat the Canadian in 2 hours, 13 minutes at Utsubo Tennis Center.

Samantha Stosur is through to the second round of the Japan Open in Osaka with a straight sets win over Russia's Alexandra Panova.