I’ll be ready for US Open: Wozniacki
Former world number one injures knee in New Haven event.
NEW HAVEN:
Caroline Wozniacki retired from her semi-final match against Maria Kirilenko at the New Haven Open with a knee injury that ended her bid for a fifth straight title in the US Open tune-up.
Wozniacki hurt her right knee in a quarter-final victory over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova on Thursday and was trailing 7-5 to Kirilenko when she called for the trainer.
"It's definitely not the way I would have liked to have finished," said Wozniacki. "You know, it's unfortunate. But these things happen. It was a difficult decision to stop."
Wozniacki said she opted to play after doctors told her she probably would not make the injury worse. But it troubled her in the first set and she decided to rest her leg for a couple of days in a bid to be ready for the US Open, starting tomorrow.
"Unfortunately, my run for a fifth straight title here came to an end. I had to retire because of a knee injury. Some treatment and ice and I should be all good for US Open."
Vinci downs Jankovic for Texas WTA title
Meanwhile, Italy's Roberta Vinci completed her warm-up for the US Open with a straight-sets victory over former world number one Jelena Jankovic in the final of the WTA's Texas Open.
Vinci won the last six games of the second set to complete a 7-5, 6-3 victory, claiming her seventh career WTA title and her first of 2012. Serbia's Jankovic, meanwhile, missed an opportunity to lift a trophy for the first time since 2010.
Isner reaches Winsten-Salem final
Elsewhere, John Isner ousted top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/3) to stay on track to retain his Winston-Salem ATP title.
Isner will face second-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the final. Berdych defeated seventh-seeded American Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-3 in the semi-finals on Friday.
"I'm very, very happy to be back in the final," said Isner. "I don't like getting to Grand Slams early. If I'm playing the week before, I want to do as well as I can. I'm playing the final match, so I'm very satisfied with that. I'm looking to defend my title. I did it this year in Newport, so maybe I can pull it off again."
Published in The Express Tribune, August 26th, 2012.
Caroline Wozniacki retired from her semi-final match against Maria Kirilenko at the New Haven Open with a knee injury that ended her bid for a fifth straight title in the US Open tune-up.
Wozniacki hurt her right knee in a quarter-final victory over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova on Thursday and was trailing 7-5 to Kirilenko when she called for the trainer.
"It's definitely not the way I would have liked to have finished," said Wozniacki. "You know, it's unfortunate. But these things happen. It was a difficult decision to stop."
Wozniacki said she opted to play after doctors told her she probably would not make the injury worse. But it troubled her in the first set and she decided to rest her leg for a couple of days in a bid to be ready for the US Open, starting tomorrow.
"Unfortunately, my run for a fifth straight title here came to an end. I had to retire because of a knee injury. Some treatment and ice and I should be all good for US Open."
Vinci downs Jankovic for Texas WTA title
Meanwhile, Italy's Roberta Vinci completed her warm-up for the US Open with a straight-sets victory over former world number one Jelena Jankovic in the final of the WTA's Texas Open.
Vinci won the last six games of the second set to complete a 7-5, 6-3 victory, claiming her seventh career WTA title and her first of 2012. Serbia's Jankovic, meanwhile, missed an opportunity to lift a trophy for the first time since 2010.
Isner reaches Winsten-Salem final
Elsewhere, John Isner ousted top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/3) to stay on track to retain his Winston-Salem ATP title.
Isner will face second-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the final. Berdych defeated seventh-seeded American Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-3 in the semi-finals on Friday.
"I'm very, very happy to be back in the final," said Isner. "I don't like getting to Grand Slams early. If I'm playing the week before, I want to do as well as I can. I'm playing the final match, so I'm very satisfied with that. I'm looking to defend my title. I did it this year in Newport, so maybe I can pull it off again."
Published in The Express Tribune, August 26th, 2012.