Stosur’s poor season continues

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 23: Samantha Stosur of Australia plays a forehand during the Ladies' Singles first round match against Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium on day one of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon on June 23, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 23: Samantha Stosur of Australia plays a forehand during the Ladies' Singles first round match against Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium on day one of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon on June 23, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

Published Sep 16, 2014

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Guangzhou – Four of the top five seeds including number one pick Samantha Stosur crashed out of the $500,000 WTA Guangzhou Open in the first round Tuesday, as the former US Open champion's poor run of form continued.

Australian Stosur lost to home wildcard entry Wang Yafan 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, making seven double faults in a two-hour, three minute match.

On a day of shocks fourth seed Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia lost to Romanian Monica Niculescu 6-2, 6-2, while Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan, seeded five, crashed out to Hong Kong's Zhang Ling 6-4, 6-1.

Third seed Sloane Stephens of the US lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to Spain's Silvia Soler-Espinosa in the day's last match.

Stosur won the US Open in 2011, a season which saw her climb to number four in the rankings.

But she is now at 20 after failing to get past the semi-finals of any of the 18 tournaments she has competed in so far this year. – Sapa-AFP

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