Tennis: Wozniacki claims Kremlin Cup in style
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark won the WTA Kremlin Cup yesterday, beating Australian top seed Samantha Stosur to claim the 20th title of her career.
The former world number one won the match 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 for her second title this year to level her head-to-head record with the ninth-ranked Australia at 3-3.
“It was a tough match and it could have gone either way,” said Wozniacki, who had to dig deep to fight back from 1-3 down in the third set.
“But I managed to win the right points at the right times. I tried to stay aggressive and stay close to the line and just dictate.”
Wozniacki, currently 11th in the world, had gotten off to a confident start with an early break giving her a comfortable 3-0 lead.
Stosur broke back in the fifth game but failed to level as the Dane produced two more breaks to take the opening set in 37 minutes.
Stosur fought back in the second set to level at one set all after one hour 20 minutes on court.
The 28-year-old started the deciding set with an immediate break to grab a 2-0 lead but Wozniacki broke back in the sixth to level at three games all.
Stosur’s costly error
In the 12th game Wozniacki made the deciding break to win the match in two hours and 13 minutes when Stosur, who survived two match points, sent the ball wide with a forehand cross.
“I definitely had a few chances,” said Stosur. “I think I went for the right shots but missed by a couple of inches.”
Wozniacki received a silver Cartier trophy and a $122,000 cheque, while runner-up Stosur pocketed $66,250.
Seppi clinches men’s singles title
Meanwhile, second-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi battled from a set down to see off fourth-seed Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil to win the ATP Kremlin Cup title.
The 28-year-old Seppi won through 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 for his third career title and second of the year.
“Thomaz started well and was serving very good, while I experienced problems on return,” Seppi said.
“But I tried hard to stay close and put pressure on him.
“He played two bad games when he was serving for the match in the second set and it helped me to win the tie-break.”
Wozniacki
“It was a tough match, but I managed to win the right points at the right times. I tried to stay aggressive.”
Stosur
“I definitely had a few chances. I think I went for the right shots but missed by a couple of inches.”
Published in The Express Tribune, October 22nd, 2012.
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