New mum Stosur to skip rest of 2020 but vows to return


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 26 Jul 2020

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 30, 2019. Australia's Samantha Stosur in action during her second round match against Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

(Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur has decided to sit out the rest of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic after becoming a mother last month but the 36-year-old Australian has vowed to return to court next year.

Stosur recently announced this month that her partner Liz Astling gave birth to daughter Evie in June.

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