Back at the site of her greatest victory, Samantha Stosur looked like a champion again, not the player who has often struggled this year.

Serena Williams says her emotions got the best of her when she berated the chair umpire during her loss to Samantha Stosur in the US Open final.

Signs of tiredness betrayed Serena Williams as she continued her return to form with a 6-3 7-6 victory over Lucie Hradecka at the Cincinnati Open.

Serena Williams won her second straight tournament and proved her mettle ahead of the US Open with a convincing 6-4 6-2 win over Samantha Stosur.

Winds and half-empty stands gave no sense of the usual Parisian glamour as last year’s French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur began with an easy win.