World number one Caroline Wozniacki and her glorious 2011 season
Yet to win her Grand Slam title in her career, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark is holding the top spot in WTA rankings for the last eight months.
22-year-old lost the opener at Sydney but cruised her way to the semis of the Australian Open 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 Dubai. 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, she flopped when it matter the most. The Dane exited from the third round by the twenty-eight seeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova.
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 end the season standing on the number one rank.
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