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SAMANTHA Stosur has every right to feel confident going into her French Open clash with Dominika Cibulkova.
A 4-0 win-loss record, including a straight-sets win in Madrid earlier this month, says a lot in the Australian's favour.
That's before you even look at Stosur's kick-serve and heavy topspin forehand that work beautifully on clay and have troubled the diminutive Slovakian so much in the past.
Then there's Stosur's two clinical performances in the first two rounds in Paris.
The No. 19 seed, who also beat 161cm Cibulkova at Roland Garros in 2012, was aware she would be the hunted rather than the hunter in tonight's third-round match, so she plans to make her opponent squirm.
"For sure I'm going to be confident going into that match, and I know what's worked in the past and what I will have to do," Stosur said.
"But I know when I've never beaten somebody you certainly go out there wanting to win. If you have lost, what, four matches or whatever, maybe it's time to try something different.
"So I will certainly have to be aware of what she's going to come out and try and do and really be smart at the start. I'm going to go out there and think about my tennis and do what I know she feels uncomfortable with."
The equation is not as simple as it sounds.
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Cibulkova sits at a career-high ranking of 10th in a breakthrough year.
She followed her runner-up performance at the Australian Open with a title in Acapulco, quarter-final at Indian Wells, semi-final in Miami and final in Kuala Lumpur — all on hard courts.
She failed to make the second round in her two clay court warm-ups but has been untroubled in her two matches at Roland Garros so far.
"She's having a good year," Stosur said.
"I know what she's capable of. It's matter of me not allowing her to play the way she likes to."
Cibulkova said she was a more confident player than the one who met Stosur in Paris two years ago and it was "a little bit different story this year".
"After getting into the top 10 this year, having such a good result, feeling that if I'm playing my best tennis I can beat anybody," Cibulkova said.
"She's a tough opponent for me but I think one day I feel like I have to beat her.
"I'll decide with my coach what I have to do now. Obviously I have to do something new because what I was doing wasn't working."
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