Rory McIlroy hails Caroline Wozniacki for her encouraging remarks throughout the year – Tennis News
Former world number one, Caroline Wozniacki, received a major testimonial from her boyfriend, Rory McIlroy, on the even when he received an award of United States Professional Golf Association Tour Player of the Year.
On receiving his award, he thanked his girlfriend for being there in every walk of life and helping him to groom into a motivated athlete over the course of year.
He commented about the 22-year-old Dane, “Seeing how hard she works and how hard she practises and how dedicated she is, it definitely flipped a switch with me that I could be a little more like that. She’s definitely been a great influence on me. I’ve always
felt like I’ve been dedicated to the game and I’ve practised hard and I’ve worked at it. But I guess over the past 18 months, especially after winning the US Open, I sort of felt like I went to the next stage of my career. It’s definitely helped and obviously
helped me to win more tournaments.”
Wozniacki who was the top ranked player in the world at the start of the 2012 season witnessed a major slump in her form. She slipped several places and dropped out of the Top-10 category until the last tour of the season. She stayed unbeaten at the Tournament
of Champions in Sofia until the final where the onslaught from the Russian star, Nadia Petrova, forced her to surrender an opportunity of winning the third title of the season.
However, the performance was good enough to help her end the season amongst the Top-10 players of the world but it wasn’t a convincing year for her at all. Contrary to her performance, McIlroy improved a lot of captured the top spot in the golf rankings.
The 23-year-old was ecstatic to have such an amazing girlfriend on his side throughout the year despite a slump in her performance.
The Dane did state that her relationship had a negative influence on her game but didn’t want to split apart. It was her non-stop encouragement that gave enough confidence to McIlroy to accomplish what he has achieved today.
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