Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs.

Stosur then suffered two first-round defeats at the hands of Francesca Schiavone at the Apia International Sydney 2–6 4–6 and then by Romanian Sorana Cîrstea 6–7(2) 3–6 at the Australian Open. Both players even had match points against each other but lost the match in the end. At the MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach Stosur was eliminated in the first round by no.

1 in doubles. Stosur has won a total of five Grand Slam titles to date; one in singles at the 2011 U.