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Sam Stosur wins US Open

Samantha Stosur has become the first Australian woman in 31 years to win a Grand Slam title.

Samantha Stosur has become the first Australian woman in 31 years to win a Grand Slam title, defeating American Serena Williams at the US Open in New York.

The 27-year-old Queenslander won 6-2 6-3 in one hour and 13 minutes at  Arthur Ashe Stadium.

She becomes the second Australian woman, after Margaret Court, to win the US Open women’s singles title.

Stosur won despite a controversial final in which Williams’ lashed out at the umpire.

“Aren’t you the one who screwed me over last time here?”  Williams roared.

“Yeah, you are.”
But Stousr remained composed and at the end showed her humility.

“I’d been dreaming about it ever since I knew what a Grand Slam was. This was a dream of mine to be here one day,” she said.

“I don’t really know what to say.”

Lleyton Hewitt was the last Australian to win a US Open, in 2001.

The game was broadcast live in Australia on Nine and FOX Sports.

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  1. I don’t think we want it all for nothing – we just want to see it. What annoyed me about RWC opener on Friday was not knowing where it was going to screen and then finding out that it was going to be on Gem but not along the Eastern Seaboard where Nine had mistakenly decided that Union fans and League fans were the same thing and would watch Rugby League and then be happy with a delay of the opening ceremony and the first game of the World Cup. To be honest the rugby fans I know are rugby fans first and foremost. In the end I plumped for Fox but to be honest the telecast was out of synch and annoying – so I gave up on TV all together.

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