Fit, fresh Wozniacki shines in Paris
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
PARIS, May 24 (AFP): Caroline Wozniacki, leading the chasing pack in pursuit of the Williams sisters, shrugged off ankle injury concerns to sweep into the French Open second round on Monday.
The 19-year-old Dane reeled off the first seven games of the match before clinching a 6-0, 6-3 win over Russian world 78 Alla Kudryavtseva, the 69-minute victory proving a crucial confidence-booster for the third seed.
Wozniacki came into Paris having retired from the Warsaw event last week with a recurrence of the ankle injury which also cut short her Charleston campaign and has cast a shadow over her entire claycourt season.
A second-round loss in Madrid sapped her optimism while also helping Venus Williams displace her as world number two.
Wozniacki, dressed by Stella McCartney and sporting red nail polish, broke Dostoevsky-reading Kudryavtseva three times in the first set, which was wrapped up in 25 minutes.
The 19-year-old Dane reeled off the first seven games of the match before clinching a 6-0, 6-3 win over Russian world 78 Alla Kudryavtseva, the 69-minute victory proving a crucial confidence-booster for the third seed.
Wozniacki came into Paris having retired from the Warsaw event last week with a recurrence of the ankle injury which also cut short her Charleston campaign and has cast a shadow over her entire claycourt season.
A second-round loss in Madrid sapped her optimism while also helping Venus Williams displace her as world number two.
Wozniacki, dressed by Stella McCartney and sporting red nail polish, broke Dostoevsky-reading Kudryavtseva three times in the first set, which was wrapped up in 25 minutes.