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[Serena Williams Fan]

Name: Sammie Brown
Country: USA
Age: 15
Turned Pro: 2009
Rank: 200

Hey Tennis Elbow community I decided to start a career after reading some of the career that other players wrote.

Background on Sammie Brown

She went thru her first year on tour and managed to make it in to the top 200. She’s a Power Baseliner that can hit winners from anywhere on the court.

Here’s an interview with her before her first match of the 2010 season.

Q: So Sammie you’re currently rank 200 in the world how do you feel about that?
S: It feels great I moving up the ranks much faster than I thought I would.

Q: Many people believe that your first year on tour was just lucky because you were a newcomer how would you respond to those critics?
S: They may be right but everyone will have to wait until the end of the year to see I’m not one of these younger teenagers that will disappear off the face of the map I’m here to stay for the next 10-15 years.

Q: So what are your goals for 2010 season?
S: I would love to win some Main tour title and move into the top 20 before the end of the year. I also want some decent results in the Grand Slam.

Q: Thanks for your time Sammie

[Serena Williams Fan]

First Tournament- Auckland Qualifying

Auckland Qualifying
Surface= Classic Synthetic
Tier III/IV

Qualifying Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 11 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 6/0 6/2

Qualifying Round 2 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 49 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. (2) Jennifer Russell (USA) 6/1 6/0

Qualifying Round 3 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 54 minutes
Zineb El Ouazzani (MAR) def. Sammie Brown (USA) 6/7(4) 6/1 6/1

Post Match Comments- “I’m so pissed and disappointed in the way I played it’s no excuse for me to make 52 unforced errors and 32 of them was forehand errors. I just let her defensive/ top spin style bother me and I should have changed my tactics but I didn’t. I will for sure be putting some more practice hours in before heading to the Sydney tourney because as you guys see I need it.” *As she storms out of the post match interview room*

Ranking dropped from 200 to 212

Next Tournament- Sydney

[Sloane Stephens]

Q: Many people believe that your first year on tour was just lucky because you were a newcomer how would you respond to those critics?
S: They may be right but everyone will have to wait until the end of the year to see I’m not one of these younger teenagers that will disappear off the face of the map I’m here to stay for the next 10-15 years.

Nicely put! This should be interesting!

[Serena Williams Fan]

Sydney
Surface= NewLine Synthetic
Tier Premier

Qualifying Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 44 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. (1) Gabriella Boschiero (USA) 6/0 6/0

Match Comments- “I’m glad my practice really showed in this match I made only 6 unforced errors with my forehead and had 27 winners.”

Qualifying Round 2 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 52 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. Shi-Tong Shao (CHN) 6/2 6/0

Qualifying Round 3 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour 31 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. (7) Casey Cross (USA) 6/4 6/4

Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 57 minutes
(Q) Sammie Brown (USA) def. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 6/4 6/0

Round 2 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 2 hours and 21 minutes
(6) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) def. (Q) Sammie Brown(USA) 6/3 5/7 7/5

Post Match Comments- I’m really disappointed in the fact that I lost this match when I had a match point at 5-4 on her serve. But like most champion do she just continued to fight and in the long run beat me. I hope I can take confidence from this match into the Australian Open.

Ranking went up from 212 to 198

Next Tournament- Australian Open

[Serena Williams Fan]

Australian Open
Surface= NewLine Synthetic

Qualifying Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time 1 hour and 12 minutes
(8) Sammie Brown(USA) def. Helen Fritche(GBR) 3/6 6/0 6/1

Qualifying Round 2 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 34 minutes
(8) Sammie Brown(USA) def. (57)Akgul Amanmuradova(UZB) 6/0 6/0

Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time 2 hours and 19 minutes
(Q) Sammie Brown(USA) def. (28) Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP) 2/6 6/4 7/5

Round 2 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 2 hours and 10 minutes
(Q) Sammie Brown(USA) def. (Q)Tatiana Catrona(BEL) 2/6 7/6(3) 6/3

Round 3 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 44 minutes
(6) Venus Williams(USA) def. (Q) Sammie Brown 6/3 4/6 6/1

Post Match Comments- Even through I’m disappointed in how I played in the final set I have to give the credit to Venus she raised her game and didn’t make that many errors and I just couldn’t keep up with her.

Ranking went up from 198 to 120

Australian Open Final
Other News- (6) Venus Williams def. (4) Svetlana Kuznetsova 7/6(4) 6/3

Next Tournament Paris

[Serena Williams]

looks promising xD

[Maxy]

Continue please

[Serena Williams Fan]

Paris
Surface= Indoor Hard
Premier

Qualifying Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 35 minutes
Sammie Brown(USA) def. (8) Julia Hodes(DEU) 6/0 6/1

Qualifying Round 2 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 18 minutes
Sammie Brown(USA) def. Andrea Petkovic(DEU) 6/4 6/4

Qualifying Round 3 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 28 minutes
Sammie Brown(USA) def. (2) Oormila Ram(IND) 7/6(5) 6/3

Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 46 minutes
(Q) Sammie Brown(USA) def. (Q) Karolina Filipiak(POL) 6/0 6/0

Round 2 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 53 minutes
(Q) Sammie Brown(USA) def. Emilie Trouche(FRA) 6/0 6/4

Quarter-Finals H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 1 minute
(Q) Sammie Brown(USA) def. (1) Serena Williams(USA) 6/4 6/0

Post Match Interview-

Interviewer: How does it feel to beat the #1 player in the world at the age of 15?

Sammie: I’m speechless and still believe that this is a dream.

Interviewer: We’ll Sammie it’s no dream you just beat Serena Williams the #1 player in straight sets. What gave you the confidence to fight back after being down 0-4 in the first set?

Sammie: To be honest I really don’t know, after she broke me for the second time with a winner on each point. I was just hoping not to get blown off the court because we all know she can do that at will when she playing her best tennis. But right before she served I start to think about how my game is 95% the same because she my idol and I really base my game off of hers so I just say think about your weaknesses and they probably the same as hers so ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK, and take more risk what more could I lose.

Interviewer: And it worked Congrats on your win

Sammie: Thanks.

Semifinals H2H 0-0 Match Time: 54 minute
(Q) Sammie Brown(USA) def. (6) Sariya Khairova(UZB) 6/1 6/1

Finals H2H 0-0 Match Time:
(Q) Sammie Brown(USA) def. (5) Megan Price(AUS) 6/0 6/2

Post Match Interview- I’m so glad to win my first Main Tour level tournament. I don’t think I played this well ever in my life and I’m hoping I can continue this for the rest of the year and get to a second week of an grand slam and also make it into the top 20 by year end.

Ranking went up from 120 to 58

Next Tournament- Dubai

[Serena Williams Fan]

Dubai
Surface= Blue-Green Cement
PremierM&5

Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 14 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. (9) Na Li (CHN) 6/3 6/3

Round 2 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 57 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 6/3 6/0

Round 3 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 2 hours and 8 minutes
(7) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. Sammie Brown (USA) 6/4 4/6 6/4

Post Match Interview- I’m disappointed that my serve didn’t hold up in the last set. I only held serve once and I know against the top players you can’t do that. But all the credit does go to her because she did increase the pressure on my serve in the final set.

Ranking went up from 58 to 49

Next Tournament- Indian Wells

[Serena Williams Fan]

Indian Wells
Surface= Blue-Green Cement
PremierM&5

Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 43 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. Katerina Bondarenko 6/0 6/2

Round 2 V. Williams leads H2H 1-0
Last Meeting- Australian Open Round 3
Winner- Venus Williams Score 6/3 4/6 6/1

Match Time: 1 hour and 6 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. (3) Venus Williams 6/2 6/2

Round 3 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 52 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. (29) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6/2 6/1

Round of 16 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 56 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. Olga Khrapkova (RUS) 6/0 6/2

Quarter-Finals H2H 0-0 Match Time: 2 hours
Sammie Brown (USA) def. (6) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 1/6 6/3 7/6(4)



Semi-Finals S. Brown leads H2H 1-0
Last Meeting- Paris Round Quarter-Finals
Winner- Sammie Brown Score 6/4 6/0

Match Time: 1 hour and 16 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. (1) Serena Williams (USA) 6/2 6/3


Finals S. Brown leads H2H 1-0
Last Meeting- Dubai Round 1
Winner- Sammie Brown Score 6/3 6/3

Match Time: 1 hour and 50 minutes
Sammie Brown (USA) def. (10) Na Li (CHN) 6/2 4/6 6/4



Post Match Interview

Reporter: Congrats on Winning the Indian Wells Tournament how does it feel?

Sammie: Well first I would like to thank all the fans that been rooting for me as an underdog and also I would like to thank Na Li on a great match. This all feels like a dream. I always wanted to win this tournament because as a little girl my dad brought me to this tournament every year and to win it this early it’s just so magical.

Report: Let talk about your magical run to the finals where you beat 4 top 10 players in Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva, and Na Li. Because you are starting to become the Giant Killer that has a never die attitude.

Sammie: That something I wouldn’t think would happen this quick beating 3 of my favorite players and idols in a row. It’s just surreal the fact that I model my game after Venus, Serena and Elena and to play them and beat them it’s just something I can’t believe

Reporter: Well believe it. Not sure if you know this yet. But with winning the Indian Wells Title when next week ranking comes out you will be in the top 20 for the first time in your career and also become one of the youngest to accomplish this since Martina Hingis did it almost a decade and half ago at the tender age of 15. You will be ranked #17. How does that feel?

Sammie: O wow I didn’t know that because pretty much my coach really never let me see the ranking when I’m playing a tournament because he knows I will sit up all night trying to do the math to see what would happen if I win the tournament or if I lose in a certain round. But it’s just an honor to be mention in the same sentence with someone like Martina Hingis who is one great player. It’s something that I was hoping to achieve by the end of the season or possibly next season but not this early.

Reporter: Once again Congrats on winning the Indian Wells Title

Sammie: Thanks.

Ranking went up from 49 to 17

Next Tournament- Miami

Other News the Top 20 Rankings

1. Serena Williams United States 7440
2. Svetlana Kuznetsova Russian Federation 6335
3. Venus Williams Unites States 5890
4. Dinara Safina Russian Federation 5095
5. Caroline Wozniacki Denmark 4841
6. Elena Dementieva Russian Federation 4490
7. Jelena Jankovia Serbia 3855
8. Victoria Azarenka Belarus 3820
9. Na Li China 3441
10. Agnieszka Radwanska Poland 3300
11. Vera Zvonareva Russian Federation 2685
12. Flavia Pennetta Italy 2660
13. Marion Bartoli France 2595
14. Kim Clijsters Belgium 2521
15. Natasha Kersten Australia 2275
16. Diamond Jackson United States 2215
17. Sammie Brown United States 2157
18. Maria Sharapova Russian Federation 2000
19. Liliana Pereira Portugal 1895
20. Francesca Schiavone Italy 1890

[Serena Williams Fan]

Miami
Surface= Blue-Green Cement
PremierM&5

Round 1
(15) Sammie Brown (USA) vs. Bye

Round 2 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 9 minutes
(15) Sammie Brown (USA) def. Shahar Peer (ISR) 6/0 6/4

Round 3 S. Brown leads H2H 1-0
Last Meeting- Paris Qualifying Round 3
Winner- Sammie Brown Score 7/6(5) 6/3

Match Time: 1 hour and 55 minutes
(Q) Oormila Ram (IND) def. (15) Sammie Brown (USA) 6/7(5) 6/2 6/0

Post Match Interview- I really don’t know what happened today. I really wasn’t on my game and made too many errors. But all the credit has to go to her because she did pretty much make me press for shots that wasn’t there because she was defending everything and when she got the chance she would run to the net and defend just about everything I threw at her. I really just have to go back to the drawing board and get ready for the upcoming clay court season.

Ranking stayed the same at number 17

Miami
Other News- (1) Serena Williams def. (3) Venus Williams 6/4 6/3

Next Tournament Stuttgart

[Serena Williams Fan]

Stuttgart
Surface= Clay
Premier

Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
(5) Sammie Brown (USA) def. Costanza Pallme Konig (ITA) 6/3 6/4

Round 2 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 2 hour and 21 minutes
(5) Sammie Brown (USA) def. (Q) Jing-Qian Yi (CHN) 4/6 7/5 6/4

Quarter-Finals S. Brown leads H2H 1-0
Last Meeting- Paris Semifinals
Winner- Sammie Brown Score 6/1 6/1

Match Time: 59 Minutes
Sariya Khairova def. (5) Sammie Brown 6/2 6/1

Post Match Interview- It’s be a long time since I’ve played on clay and clay is one of my least favorite surfaces and also my new approach to my game really doesn’t transfer to clay so it back to the drawing board once again. And hopefully I can’t get it together before the French Open.

Ranking stayed the same at number 17

Next Tournament Rome

[Serena Williams Fan]

Rome
Surface= Clay
PremierM&5

Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 36 minutes
(13) Sammie Brown (USA) def (Q) Csilla Borsanyi (HUN) 6/4 7/6(3)

Round 2 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 5 minutes
(13) Sammie Brown (USA) def (Q) Alizee Paradis (CAN) 6/4 6/0

Round 3 H2H tied at 1-1
Last Meeting- Stuttgart Quarter-Finals
Winner- Sariya Khairova Score 6/2 6/1

Match Time: 1 hour and 33 minutes
(13) Sammie Brown (USA) def. Sariya Khairova (UZB) 7/6(1) 6/4

Quarter-Finals H2H 0-0 Match Time: 44 minutes
(13) Sammie Brown (USA) def. (12) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 6/1 6/0

Semi-finals H2H 0-0 Match Time: 2 hours and 1 minute
(13) Sammie Brown (USA) def. (2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 6/4 2/6 7/6(0)

Finals H2H Match Time: 1 hour and 21 minutes
(7) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) def. (13) Sammie Brown (USA) 7/5 6/3

Post Match Interview- I really disappointed in how I played after gaining a lead in the match. As you guys saw I was up 4/1 in the first set and she seemed to raise her gain and I couldn’t keep the ball in the court and then again in the second set I start off the set with an 2/0 lead and she raised her game. In all honestly I believe I did choke and it’s no other way to look at it. But hey I’m still glad on my worse surface I did make it to a final which should put me in a good place for Madrid and the French Open.

Ranking goes up from 17 to 12

Next Tournament- Madrid

[Serena Williams Fan]

Madrid
Surface= Clay
PremierM&5

Round 1 H2H 0-0 Match Time: 1 hour and 17 minutes
(12) Sammie Brown (USA) def. Natasha Kersten (AUS) 6/4 6/2

Round 2 H2H S. Brown leads H2H 1-0
Last Meeting- Sydney Qualifying Round 1
Winner- Sammie Brown Score 6/0 6/0

Match Time: 41 Minutes
(12) Sammie Brown (USA) def. Gabriella Boschiero (ITA) 6/0 6/0

Round 3 H2H 0-0 Match Time 1 hour and 25 minutes
(12) Sammie Brown (USA) def. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6/2 6/4

Quarter-Finals H2H S. Brown leads H2H 1-0
Last Meeting- Rome Semifinals
Winner- Sammie Brown Score 6/4 2/6 7/6(0)

Match Time: 1 hour and 11 minutes
(12) Sammie Brown (USA) def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 6/3 6/2

Semi-finals H2H J. Jankovic leads H2H 1-0
Last Meeting- Sydney Round 2
Winner- Jelena Jankovic Score 6/3 5/7 7/5

Match Time: 1 hour
(8) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) def. (12) Sammie Brown (USA) 6/1 6/2

Post Match Interview- She was just way better than me today. Jelena pretty much ran down all my shots and it cause me to go for bigger shots and make tons of errors. Of course I’m really disappointed in how I played but its how it goes sometimes I just need to practice harder before the French Open starts.

Ranking goes up from 12 to 10

Next Tournament- French Open

[sebanime]

WHAT HAPPEN NOW ABOUT SAMIE BROWN?