The pictures above show Samantha Stosur at Wimbledon 2010. Earlier in
the year she performed superbly well at the French Open to reach the
first Grand Slam final of her career, where she lost out to Italy's
Francesca Schiavone. Samanthan's run all the way to the final eclipsed
her previous best performance at a Grand Slam event - the semi-finals of
the previous year's French Open.
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LAST 16. FRENCH OPEN 2010
SERENA WILLIAMS defeated SHAHAR PEER 6-2, 6-2
SAMANTHA STOSUR defeated JUSTINE HENIN 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
JELENA JANKOVIC defeated DANIELA HANTUCHOVA 6-4, 6-2
YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA defeated JARMILA GROTH 6-4, 6-3
FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE defeated MARIA KIRILENKO 6-4, 6-4
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI defeated FLAVIA PENNETTA 7-6(7-5), 6-7(4-7), 6-2
ELENA DEMENTIEVA defeated CHANELLE SCHEEPERS 6-1, 6-3
NADIA PETROVA defeated VENUS WILLIAMS 6-4, 6-3
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QUARTERFINALS
SAMANTHA STOSUR defeated SERENA WILLIAMS 6-2, 6-7(2-7), 8-6
JELENA JANKOVIC defeated YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA 7-5, 6-4
FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE defeated CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-2, 6-3
ELENA DEMENTIEVA defeated NADIA PETROVA 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
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SEMIFINALS
SAMANTHA STOSUR defeated JELENA JANKOVIC 6-1, 6-2
FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE defeated ELENA DEMENTIEVA 7-6(7-3) (ret)
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FINAL
FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE defeated SAMANTHA STOSUR 6-4, 7-6(7-2)
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