Australian tennis player Samantha Stosur isdisappointed with her lack of titles this season after being unable to followup her maiden Grand Slam success last year.
Stosur achieved a career-high ranking of world No.4 lastseason and won the US Open, beating local favourite Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3 inthe final, but has not won a title since and slipped to ninth in the rankings.
"This year does feel a little more disappointing thanlast year because of the results," Stosur said Monday ahead of the KremlinCup in Moscow, her last confirmed tournament of the season.
"It hasn't been that bad. I just haven't had the reallybig result or the big win like the US Open, so without that everything elseseems that little bit lower than previous years."
Stosur arrived in Moscow off the back of a surprisesemifinal defeat in Osaka, where she was top seed but lost to world No.134Chang Kai-Chen, which she described as "very disappointing".
"You're kind of expected to win that one. Having saidthat, my opponent played extremely well and I didn't have my best day,"she said.
The eventual winner was Heather Watson, who became the firstBritish woman to win a WTA singles title for 24 years.
"Obviously that's huge for her and obviously for hercountry. In Britain, they want to have more top-ranked players and playerswinning tournaments, so it's nice they've been able to achieve that on thewomen's side," Stosur said.
The Australian is seeded one in Moscow, where she has afirst-round bye and will play either France's Alize Cornet or an as-yet unknownqualifier in the second round.
Stosur must defend her ninth spot in the rankings from10th-ranked Marion Bartoli, also in the Kremlin Cup, as the ninth-placed playerwill be first substitute for the tour finals in Istanbul.
