CANBERRA Fernandinho Brazil Jersey , Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The untried pairing of Sam Stosur and Bernard Tomic are the latest double act hoping give Australia a hot start to the new tennis season, Tennis Australia reported on its website Monday.
The cream of the sport will converge on Australia chasing Grand Slam titles and almost 40 million AU dollars at tournaments across the country from Dec. 28 Fagner Brazil Jersey , 2013 to Jan. 26, 2014.
From lead-up events in Sydney Fabinho Brazil Jersey , Brisbane, Perth and Hobart Elias Brazil Jersey , all roads lead to Melbourne Park for the Australian Open starting on Jan. 13 and offering a world-record prize purse of 33 million AU dollars (29.4 million U.S. dollars).
The action starts at the Hopman Cup on Saturday in Perth, where Stosur and Tomic will endeavour to break a 15-year title drought for Australia.
Stosur and Tomic will be the 18th different local combination bidding to get their hands on the trophy Ederson Brazil Jersey , with only Mark Philippoussis and Jelena Dokic in 1999 having succeeded.
Stosur, a Grand Slam mixed doubles champion Douglas Santos Brazil Jersey , admits she and Tomic are a bit of an odd couple and she's not too sure who'll be the boss when they team up for the first time. "It's normally the guy that kind of leads things but I've probably played a lot more mixed matches than he has,"the 2011 U.S. Open champ said. "So we'll make it a combined effort and have a bit of fun. That' s the most important thing with mixed doubles. You can't take it as seriously as your singles. You don't want to be so stressed out. "
Tomic looked to have come of age at last year's Hopman Cup Douglas Costa Brazil Jersey , conquering Australian Open champion and then-world No.1 Novak Djokovic during an unbeaten singles campaign that sparked a 10- match winning streak.
But after backing up his big week in Perth with a maiden ATP title in Sydney and impressive run at the Australian Open, the 21- year-old ended 2013 with several first-round defeats and ranked 51st in the world. "At the end of the day Diego Souza Brazil Jersey , he's a great talent. He can play as well as anybody out there,"Stosur said. "He's just got to make sure that his mind is on his tennis. If he can do that Diego Alves Brazil Jersey , no doubt he can do good things."
The Brisbane International getting underway on Sunday boasts a superstar line-up including Roger Federer for the first time and world No.1 and defending women's champion Serena Williams.
Federer has already won the Hopman Cup, Sydney International and Kooyong Classic and will be out to complete the full summer set when he makes his t. Wholesale Cheap Jerseys Wholesale NHL Jerseys China Free Shipping Wholesale NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Basketball Jerseys Wholesale Basketball Jerseys Online Wholesale Baseball Jerseys Cheap Wholesale Custom Soccer Jerseys Wholesale NHL Hockey Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China Cheap College Jerseys