Samantha Stosur’s embellished doubles profession is nearly over following a first-round exit from the Australian Open with Frenchwoman Alize Cornet.
The retiring nice and Cornet misplaced 6-3 6-4 to the Chinese-Taiwanese pairing of Zhaoxuan Yang and Hao-Ching Chan on Thursday.
Stosur, who’s quitting skilled tennis after the Open, stays alive within the combined doubles with fellow Australian Matt Ebden.
But the 38-year-old will not be including a fifth grand slam girls’s crown to her assortment after making the decision to stroll away from the touring life to spend extra time together with her household and two-year-old daughter Evie.
“I still love competing. I love playing in front of you guys,” Stosur advised followers on Kia Arena.
“A crowd like this makes it feel strange that you don’t want to do it any more but you get to a point where the other things become a little more difficult and I have loved my run, travelling, playing, doing everything I’ve been able to do.
“I needed to complete right here at dwelling. I needed to complete in Melbourne. And this yr was it. So, yeah, it is bittersweet, however thanks all for popping out right here. It’s been actually particular.”
Stosur won the Australian Open women’s doubles in 2019 with Zhang Shaui, as well as the mixed title at Melbourne Park way back in 2005 with countryman Scott Draper.
The 2011 US Open singles champion additionally claimed grand slam girls’s doubles titles on the 2006 French Open and at Flushing Meadows in 2005 and 2021 and spent 61 weeks atop the doubles rankings throughout her profession.
