Saturday, April 9, 2011

Wozniacki through to Family Circle Cup Semis


Caroline Wozniacki defeated Yanina Wickmayer 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in front of a near full capacity main stadium at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina.
Things did not start well for Caro, as she dropped the first set 6-4 to the more aggressive Belgian player. In the second set, Yanina kept up dictating the points, and had an early break, but a slight drop in her game allowed Wozniacki to get back in the match.
At 2-3 in the 2nd set, Caroline broke Yanina to even things out and get back in serve. With the crowd in her side, Wozniacki was able to get a key break at 5-4 to push the game into a 2nd set.
In the first three games of the deciding set, Yanina regained her intensity, getting a break of serve along the way. Her aggressive style of play was giving Wozniacki all sorts of trouble.
Wickmayer was being the aggressor both in her service and return game and all signs seemed to point to a looming upset. Wozniacki however, had other plans.
With Wickmayer serving at 4-3, Caroline showed her fighting spirit, broke Yanina and leveled the match at 4-4. She would then go on to hold serve and in a very anti-climatic end to the match, win by breaking Wickmayer to settle the final score.
Yanina had the game in the bag late in that third set but lost her focus just long enough for the #1 player in the world to overtake her. Wozniacki on the other hand displayed the fighting spirit that by now characterizes her.