The Queenslander's infamous form at her home slam continues with a loss in her opening match to American qualifier Caty McNally.
Sam Stosur has kept up her annual tradition of first-round exits at the Australian Open, being knocked out in her opening match at Melbourne Park for the fifth straight year.This year she was beaten 6-1, 6-4 by American qualifier Caty McNallyStosur acknowledged years ago that she struggles in front of home crowds, and she has not reached the second round of the singles since 2015, with her career-best fourth-round finishes coming in 2006 and 2010.
The American held serve and broke Stosur for a third time to finish off an unfortunately familiar first set for Stosur — aside from being broken three times, Stosur failed to convert all six of her break-point chances in the set, hit 19 unforced errors and two doubles faults. The Melbourne Arena crowd rallied behind the Queenslander as she came within millimetres of breaking McNally's serve in the next game, only for the American to eventually hold serve after six deuces.
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