Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people’s achievements and contributions to Australian tennis.

The quote balances humility with pride: Stosur acknowledges the personal significance of repeated recognition (“an amazing honour”) while shifting attention to the event’s communal function. By framing the Newcombe Medal as an occasion for the tennis community to “come together,” she casts awards as social glue—affirming shared identity, continuity, and gratitude within a national sporting culture. The emphasis on “achievements and contributions” broadens merit beyond match results to include service, professionalism, and support roles, suggesting a values-based view of sporting success in which individual excellence is inseparable from the institutions and people who sustain the game.