Sam Stosur will look to carry the Australian torch one step further tonight in her fourth round encounter against Simona Halep. Join The Roar for live scores from around 12:30am (AEST).
Stosur will have the weight of the nation on her shoulders and in her corner when she takes to the court to try and take down No.6 seed Halep.
Halep who has only dropped one set through her first three matches will look to continue her dominant run over Stosur where she has won the last 4 encounters.
The last matchup between these two took place in Madrid three weeks ago when they met in the semi-finals. That match lasted all of 52 minutes as Halep swept Stosur aside and marched on to win the Madrid Tournament.
Having not beaten the Romanian native since 2012, Stosur will need everything to go her way if she hopes to advance further in this Open.
With that recent match fresh in the mind, will Stosur come out with something to prove or will the mental scar from such a defeat get the better of her?
Prediction
Expecting Stosur to use the loss as fuel for the fire and come out early with some heavy firepower. Halep will need to absorb the early punishment, which she is more than capable of, and push this one to the distance.
Halep in three sets (3-6, 6-4, 6-2)
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