Wozniacki captures Danish Open
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August 9, 2010, Monday
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CAROLINE Wozniacki defeated Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 7-6 (5) to win the Danish Open in Copenhagen yesterday.
Under pressure to win the inaugural event in front of an expectant home crowd, the top-seeded Wozniacki had wobbled as she advanced to the final, but needed just 78 minutes to claim her eighth WTA Tour title in straight sets at the Farum Arena.
Zakopalova had beaten the second-seeded Li Na of China in the semifinals of the indoor hardcourt tournament, but was unable to upset Wozniacki, who broke twice and held serve to take the first set comfortably.
Seventh-seeded Zakopalova did manage to break Wozniacki with the scores at 2-2 in the second, but the No. 3-ranked player fought back to take the set to a tie-breaker.
Wozniacki had five match points before finally closing out the match, to the delight of the crowd.
It was only the second time that the pair had faced each other. Wozniacki won the first meeting in three sets at the Japan Open in 2007.
Victory at the $220,000 tournament gives Wozniacki her second title of the year. In May, she also won the Ponte Vedra Beach event.
In California, No. 4 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland reached her first final in 10 months with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova at the San Diego Open.
Double fault
Radwanska, ranked 10th in the world, used Hantuchova's double fault in the seventh game for the only break of the first set.
She then used her counterpunching game to capture the second set, which included a 20-minute seventh game in which Hantuchova saved seven match points.
"I was feeling good here and everything is working," Radwanska said. "I've played some good matches against some good players. Now, just one more."
This is Radwanska's first trip to a final since October when she lost at Beijing to Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova, her final opponent again.
The unseeded Kuznetsova advanced to the championship match with a 6-4, 6-0 win over No. 5 seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy.
Radwanska flashed her entire arsenal of shots during the match, many coming in the marathon seventh game that featured 28 points, 11 deuces and a standing ovation from the crowd when it was done.
"She was serving very good on those (match) points," Radwanska said. "I was wondering if she could just miss a serve. I tried everything, but she was just better in that game. We just played every shot that is possible."
Hantuchova, down two breaks in the second set, played some of her best tennis during the game as she held serve to extend the match.
Radwanska finally ended it in the next game on her eighth match point.
Under pressure to win the inaugural event in front of an expectant home crowd, the top-seeded Wozniacki had wobbled as she advanced to the final, but needed just 78 minutes to claim her eighth WTA Tour title in straight sets at the Farum Arena.
Zakopalova had beaten the second-seeded Li Na of China in the semifinals of the indoor hardcourt tournament, but was unable to upset Wozniacki, who broke twice and held serve to take the first set comfortably.
Seventh-seeded Zakopalova did manage to break Wozniacki with the scores at 2-2 in the second, but the No. 3-ranked player fought back to take the set to a tie-breaker.
Wozniacki had five match points before finally closing out the match, to the delight of the crowd.
It was only the second time that the pair had faced each other. Wozniacki won the first meeting in three sets at the Japan Open in 2007.
Victory at the $220,000 tournament gives Wozniacki her second title of the year. In May, she also won the Ponte Vedra Beach event.
In California, No. 4 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland reached her first final in 10 months with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova at the San Diego Open.
Double fault
Radwanska, ranked 10th in the world, used Hantuchova's double fault in the seventh game for the only break of the first set.
She then used her counterpunching game to capture the second set, which included a 20-minute seventh game in which Hantuchova saved seven match points.
"I was feeling good here and everything is working," Radwanska said. "I've played some good matches against some good players. Now, just one more."
This is Radwanska's first trip to a final since October when she lost at Beijing to Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova, her final opponent again.
The unseeded Kuznetsova advanced to the championship match with a 6-4, 6-0 win over No. 5 seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy.
Radwanska flashed her entire arsenal of shots during the match, many coming in the marathon seventh game that featured 28 points, 11 deuces and a standing ovation from the crowd when it was done.
"She was serving very good on those (match) points," Radwanska said. "I was wondering if she could just miss a serve. I tried everything, but she was just better in that game. We just played every shot that is possible."
Hantuchova, down two breaks in the second set, played some of her best tennis during the game as she held serve to extend the match.
Radwanska finally ended it in the next game on her eighth match point.
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