Tennis star Sam Stosur reveals she is expecting her second child with partner Liz Astling

Sam Stosur has announced that she is expecting her second child.

The Australian Grand Slam winner, 41, shares a daughter, Genevieve, 4, with partner Liz Astling.

Taking to Instagram this week, Sam revealed that her family was set to expand with a cute clip.

The video showed Sam hurriedly dusting off and setting up a pram and a baby capsule on her back deck.

‘Time to dust off the baby gear,’ the sports star wrote over the exciting vision.

Captioning the clip, Sam confirmed the news revealing that, this time around, it was her turn to carry the precious cargo.

Sam Stosur has announced that she is expecting her second child

The Australian Grand Slam winner, 40, shares a daughter, Genevieve, with partner Liz Astling

‘We’re so excited for the new addition to our family,’ she wrote. ‘It’s my turn this time.’

Liz gave birth to Genevieve in 2020.

The post was met with a flurry of well wishes from friends, fans and followers including fellow tennis great Todd Woodbridge.

‘Such awesome news Sam, congrats to you and Liz,’ the Tipping Point Australia host wrote. 

Former US tennis champ Lisa Raymond also offered her best wishes with: ‘Congratulations Sammy! So happy for you guys.’

Aussie champ Nicole Bradtke also jumped in with: ‘So happy for you Sam, hope you’re feeling ok. Being a mum is the best.’   

Sam and Liz share two-year-old daughter Genevieve together – affectionately known as Evie – who they welcomed in 2020.

The tennis player announced at the time her girlfriend Liz had given birth to a baby girl on June 16, 2020 in a doting post on Instagram.

Taking to Instagram this week, Sam revealed that her family was set to expand with a cute clip

The video showed Sam hurriedly dusting off and setting up a pram and a baby capsule on her back deck. ‘Time to dust off the baby gear,’ the sports star wrote over the exciting vision

Sam had gushed about her joy at becoming a mother and how the coronavirus pandemic had been a blessing in disguise for her young family.

The Australian grand slam winner said motherhood has been ‘absolutely amazing’.

‘Even the tougher times don’t seem that bad when you just look at her little face and you just want to cuddle her and hold her all day long. It’s absolutely incredible,’ Sam said.

But she said she was still adjusting to becoming a mum and all the craziness that comes with it.

‘It still seems a little bit weird to say she’s my daughter, but I’ll get used to that. It’s absolutely amazing,’ she said at the time.

As she battled through the learning process and sleepless nights, she said she’ felt fortunate to have been blessed with little Evie.

While the coronavirus pandemic had put the WTA tour on hold, it’s something which proved a silver lining for the tennis player and her partner Liz.

She would typically have spent July in Wimbledon before heading to the US Open the following month.

‘We’re so excited for the new addition to our family,’ she wrote. It’s my turn this time.’ Liz gave birth to Genevieve in 2020

The post was met with a flurry of well wishes from friends, fans and followers including fellow tennis great Todd Woodbridge. ‘Such awesome news Sam, congrats to you and Liz,’ the Tipping Point Australia host wrote

Instead she was given the chance to bask in the glow of motherhood beside her partner and newborn baby.

Sam was able to attend the birthing classes with Liz and do all the shopping rather than experiencing the joys of motherhood over the phone while in Europe.

After a month with the newborn, Sam decided she wanted to be there while the baby grew up instead of jet-setting across the world.

Sam is the only Australian woman since the legendary Evonne Goolagong Cawley, more than half a century ago, to claim major titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles – all forms of the professional game. 

Her on-court career came to an emotional end in 2023 following a first-round Australian Open mixed doubles loss with Mathew Ebden. 

She won the Australian Open women’s doubles in 2019 with Zhang Shaui, as well as the mixed title at Melbourne Park way back in 2005 with countryman Scott Draper.

The 2011 US Open singles champion also claimed grand slam women’s doubles titles at the 2006 French Open and at Flushing Meadows in 2005 and 2021 and spent 61 weeks atop the doubles rankings during her career.

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