Baby joy! Tennis star Sam Stosur welcomes her second child with partner Liz Astling
The Australian Grand Slam winner, 41, took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce the arrival of her daughter Emmeline Grace.
Sam shared a sweet photo of her newborn baby wrapped in a blanket and wrote: 'And beautiful chaos reigns once again.
'Welcome Emmeline Grace. Evie is beyond happy to have a little sister and we are over the moon. We love you so much little Emmy.'
Many flocked to the comments to congratulate the couple on their newest addition, with tennis star Maddison Inglis writing: 'So beautiful!!!! Can't wait to meet her.'
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'Just another gorgeous baby girl for me to love endlessly ! Emmy your Auntie Nae Nae can't wait to meet you!! Sam and Liz, I'm so happy for you both and Evie, you're going to be the best big sis ever! Love you all,' Rennae Stubbs commented.
'Congrats you guys,' Lizette Cabrera said while Alicia Molik added: 'Congrats Sam, Liz and Evie.'
Sam, who shares daughter Genevieve with Liz, announced she was expecting her second child back in April.
Taking to Instagram, 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.
'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 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.
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 admitted 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.
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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