Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki and her glorious 2011 season – Tennis Special (Part One)

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki and her glorious 2011 season – Tennis Special (Part One)

Yet to win her Grand Slam title in her career, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark held the top spot at the WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) Premier rankings for almost the whole 2011 season.

The 23-year-old lost the opener at Sydney but cruised her way to the semis of the Australian Open 2011 before losing to ninth seeded Li. She kept her spark lit and without losing a set, the Dane went on to clinch her first title of the season at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2011. On her way to glory, she dumped a former world number one Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and sixteenth seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova with a breadstick.

Wozniacki carried her momentum at Doha, the next tournament she entered. After displaying exceptional skills and without gifting away any serve, the Dane made a final berth. She lost to second seed Russian Vera Zvonareva in the title-round.

The Dane stayed high spirited in the next tournament in Indian Wells WTA Premier event and triumphed the title. After battling past several seeded players including eighth seed Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, a former world number one Russian Maria Sharapova and fifteenth seeded French Marion Bartoli.

Despite losing in the third round at Miami, she raised her level of game in the clay season. Wozniacki brushed away resilience form third seeded Serb Jelena Jankovic and sixth seeded Belgian Yanina Wickmayer on route to the final. She eased past Russian Elena Vesnina in the title round to shelf her third year-to-date title.

21-year-old carried her momentum in the next French Open build up tournament held at Stuttgart. She made a title round appearance without losing a set but lost to Julia Goerges of German.

Her form dipped afterwards as she lost in the third round at Madrid and was ousted by Sharapova in the semis at Rome. However, the last tournament she entered before the start of the Grand Slam, Wozniacki lifted her game up again and bagged another title. She dumped third seeded Francesca Schiavone and eight seeded Chinese Shuai Peng on her way to glory.

Regardless of her awesome clay court performance in 2011, she flopped when it matter the most. The Dane exited from the third round by the twenty-eight seeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova.

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