Samantha Stosur remains relaxed about her Wimbledon prospects despite her grasscourt troubles continuing with a straight-sets first-up loss at the Eastbourne International.
The Australian No1 will head to the All England Club – where she has a dire record in a dozen visits – without a win on the surface in more than a year after succumbing 7-5, 7-6 (7-0) to Bulgaria’s world No44 Tsvetana Pironkova.
But the former US Open champion insists it’s far from doom and gloom, noting that Pironkova, the champion in Sydney last year, had been to a quarter-final and semi-final on London’s hallowed lawns.