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

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

Danish number one, Wozniacki, ruled the WTA rankings in 2011. She dominated almost the whole of 2011 season and captured several titles. However, Wozniacki failed to grab any of the four Grand Slam titles.

Wozniacki, however, covered it up by cruising her way to lime light in the very next tournament she participated. She pocketed her fifth title of the season at Copenhagen after crushing fourth seeded Czech Lucie Safarova with a breadstick in the final.

Without practicing any match on the grass courts, the Monaco resident entered Wimbledon, most prestigious Grand Slam event held on the grass. She silenced all the critics after swallowing Spaniard Arantaxa Parra Santonja in the opening round match. She kept momentum floating and crippled French Virginie Razzano with a breadstick. Besides her great form, she was ousted to Slovak Dominika Cibulkova in the fourth round and exited another Grand Slam without clinching it.

Her form further deteriorated as she lost in the opening round at Toronto and Cincinnati. Wozniacki changed her strategy at the New Haven WTA Premier event where she surpassed the Roland Garros winner Francesca Schiavone on her route to triumph her sixth WTA title.

The Odense native kept her winning ways in the final Grand Slam, US Open where she breezed her way into the semi-finals before losing to a former world number one Serna Williams. Wozniacki drilled through Svetlana Kuznetsova and Andrea Petkovic with a breadstick on her track to the last four.

The glooming Dane gave dismal performance at TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships but still ended the 2011 season standing on the number one rank.

Wozniacki has recently entered the Top 10 again and is on her way up the rankings. However, with the likes of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, she is unlikely to grab her top rank back with her current form.

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