Woody backing Garros success

who is not as experienced as Sam is, so she obviously hit the wall a bit physically and mentally without enough time to recover from the weekend.”

Woodbridge said Paris has become a comfortable, pressure-free venue for the 33year-old, who has won 31 of her past 39 matches there.

With the draw blown wide open by the absence of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova and immediate elimination of top seed Angelique Kerber, a big opportunity looms for Stosur to challenge for her second major title.

“The problem with this section (of the draw) is it is full of lefties and that’s been her nemesis over the years, playing lefties. So if she gets through that, well then it is a real possibility,” Woodbridge said.

Woodbridge was at Coomera Rivers State School yesterday to deliver 200 new racquets to prep students as part of the ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Racquet Roadshow.

He hailed the program as being crucial to Australia’s next generation of talent: “It is opening up the sport to kids that quite possibly would never have even touched tennis”.