Caroline Wozniacki Defeats Simona Halep To Win 1st Major At Australian Open
It took Caroline Wozniacki 43 majors and two failed attempts in finals before finally claiming her first Grand Slam singles title.
It took Caroline Wozniacki 43 majors and two failed attempts in finals before finally claiming her first Grand Slam singles title.
Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki reached her fifth U.S. Open semifinal, and first at any Grand Slam tournament in two years, by beating an injured Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia 6-0, 6-2 on Tuesday night.
Roberta Vinci, last year's US Open runner-up, didn't drop a game in the first set, failed to serve out the match in the second, then hung on in the third to keep another run at Flushing Meadows going.
The ninth-seeded Kuznetsova won the first four games of the match and was one point from going up 5-0. Then Wozniacki ran off seven straight games en route to a 6-4, 6-4 victory.
Two-time US Open runner-up Caroline Wozniacki rallied from a set down for her first Grand Slam match win of 2016.
And to top off the evening action, yet another seed in the women's draw was ousted.
Fourth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki was in quite a hurry Tuesday, when she needed just 67 minutes to win at the US Open against an opponent making her Grand Slam debut.
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The tennis star was somewhat amazed that she had done so well since she admitted that she didn't really prepare as well as she could have for Sunday's 26.2-mile race.
Caroline Wozniacki started having nightmares of being rolled off the New York City Marathon course in a wheelchair.
Serena Williams dominated Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 6-3 in a match that took only an hour and 15 minutes. Serena smacked over 7 times the number of winners (29 winners to Wozniacki's 4).
Serena Williams ended a difficult-for-her Grand Slam season in the best way possible, winning her third consecutive U.S. Open title by beating Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday.
If Serena Williams defeats Caroline Wozniacki in Sunday's final, the 32-year-old American will become the first woman since Chris Evert in the 1970s to win three consecutive US Open singles titles.
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10th seed Caroline Wozniacki dazzled on the Ashe Stadium Court in the third set, beating 5th seed and 2014 French Open champ Maria Sharapova 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Wozniacki beat the five-time major champ 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in 2 hours, 37 minutes on a steamy Sunday.
Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi and tennis star Caroline Wozniacki plan to run in the 2014 New York City Marathon on behalf of Team for Kids, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported.
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Roberta Vinci has reached the US Open quarterfinals for the second straight year, beating fellow Italian Camila Giorgi.
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With boyfriend Rory McIlroy in the stands, Wozniacki fought off a set point in the second to win 6-2, 7-5 on Tuesday.
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