'I had a feeling': Stosur's US Open premonition

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As Samantha Stosur went to furniture the nighttime earlier what would beryllium a career-defining US Open last successful 2011, she had a feeling it was to beryllium her day.

Her tally to the last was pugnacious - she overcame 2 epics successful the 3rd and 4th rounds against Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko, earlier cruising past Vera Zvonareva successful the quarters.

She won successful 3 sets against Angelique Kerber successful the quarters, and was faced with Serena Williams successful her location tourney successful the final.

"I don't cognize what it was - the nighttime earlier erstwhile I got myself into the final, I conscionable had this feeling I was going to triumph the adjacent day," Stosur told Weekend TODAY connected Sunday.

"I mean, that's a infinitesimal that each jock dreams of … being successful the zone. Doing everything that you privation to do.

"For immoderate crushed it happened that time for me."

On Saturday, Stosur announced the Australian Open would beryllium her last nonrecreational tournament.

Her triumph that time against Williams was arsenic broad arsenic they get - 6-2, 6-3 to go the archetypal Aussie pistillate to triumph a expansive slam since Evonne Goolagong Cawley astatine Wimbledon successful 1980.

The past Aussie pistillate to triumph the US Open was Margaret Court successful 1973.

While past year's Australian Open was her past singles tournament, she announced the 2023 doubles variation would beryllium her past nonrecreational tournament.

The 38-year-old said her last lawsuit had "snuck up connected her".

"When I came to this decision, earlier each these tournaments this twelvemonth started, I thought I had truthful overmuch clip left.

"Now I've already played the archetypal 2 events - the United Cup and successful Adelaide (International) - the Aussie Open starts tomorrow, and I'm similar 'Wow, it's here'.

"I consciousness similar it's snuck up connected maine aft each this time. It volition beryllium astonishing to get retired determination again and hopefully play good and truly bask the moment."

Having spent the past 12 months connected the doubles circuit, Stosur said she was present looking guardant to spending clip astatine location with her spouse Liz Astling and girl Evie.

"I've been precise fortunate that we're each capable to question unneurotic arsenic a household for this past 12 months … we had a large time.

"I consciousness similar by the 3rd travel distant successful the US, we yet benignant of nailed the process and however bash it good with a toddler.

"It was astonishing to spot the satellite done Evie's eyes, and (to) inactive beryllium capable to bash thing that I emotion and person that enactment from them was incredible.

"I'm truly grateful for this past year, but present I get to bash mean things astatine location - I'll astir apt beryllium the 1 doing childcare driblet disconnected oregon thing similar that."

Stosur is entered successful the womens' gully with France's Alize Cornet, arsenic good arsenic the mixed doubles with compatriot Matthew Ebden.

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