Stosur wins tennis player of the year award
- Published: 3 Dec 2012 at 19.47
- Online news: Sports
Tennis star Samantha Stosur on Monday received the award for Australia's most outstanding player of the year for a third consecutive year at the Australian Tennis Awards in Melbourne, organisers said.
Samantha Stosur of Australia hits a return shot against Nadia Petrova of Russia during their women's singles semi-final match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo in September. Stosur on Monday received the award for Australia's most outstanding player of the year for a third consecutive year at the Australian Tennis Awards in Melbourne, organisers said.
The former US Open champion won the prestigious Newcombe Medal, defeating Australia's top-ranked male player Marinko Matosevic, former world number one Lleyton Hewitt and 2011 French Open mixed doubles champion Casey Dellacqua.
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