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IT has become fashionable to question the mental side of Sam Stosur's game whenever she crashes out in the early rounds of a tournament.
But I don't buy this. Having watched her many triumphs and failures over the past decade, I'm convinced the key to Stosur's fragility is more technical than psychological.
This was again on show during her 5-7 6-4 6-4 defeat to 17-year-old American Victoria Duval in the opening round of the US Open. Once an unknown quantity, Stosur's game has been the subject of much analysis from her rivals since her victory at Flushing Meadows in 2011. That homework is paying off.
Sam has a very structured game. She tries to create patterns that fall into her lap. She uses her serve to control the point and she likes to control the court with a forehand as she moves into the backhand corner. She also tries to keep decent depth with the two-hander backhand and she has some nice variety with the slice to change the shape of the rally.
SAM STOSUR OUT OF US OPEN AFTER FIRST-ROUND LOSS TO AMERICAN TEENAGER VICTORIA DUVAL
Her opponents have become aware of this and have structured their games to negate her strengths. Many of them are making her hit the forehand on the run very early in the rally. That's changing the dynamic of the point and exposing her backhand.
Sam also likes time. The women's game is becoming more powerful all the time – the ball is hit a lot flatter, harder and deeper these days – and when Sam is denied time the fact she is an angular hitter and not a linear hitter is problematic. It's hard for her to be a really clean hitter in the current climate of power players.
Stosur needs to look at the areas of her game that are being targeted and train accordingly. Your practice session should always reflect your game on court. And Sam really needs to get the little things right.
A lot of commentators watched Sam's matches over the Australian summer and remarked that she played tight; that anxiety got the better of her. I've got news for those pundits: every player on the tour suffers from this condition. It's the nature of the game. It's confrontational. It's one-on-one. You're alone out there on the court. It's difficult.
When even the best players in the world are getting beaten from a tactical or technical standpoint, they lose confidence. Ultimately, confidence comes from great technique because you believe in those shots under pressure.
It's never your best shot that falls away under pressure when you're tight. It's your weaker ones.
That's why I believe Sam's issues are more technical than psychological.
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