Caroline Wozniacki Aiming For Second Grand Slam Title, Hopes To Avoid Serena
Zeeshan Mehtab Published April 19, 2018 | 04:02 PM
Reigning Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki says she believes she can go "all the way" at next month's French Open, but is wary of a possible early clash with the returning Serena Williams.
Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Apr, 2018 ) :Reigning Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki says she believes she can go "all the way" at next month's French Open, but is wary of a possible early clash with the returning Serena Williams.
The Dane edged out Simona Halep in a thrilling final at Melbourne Park in January to finally claim her maiden Grand Slam title, but is confident that a second isn't far away. "I'm excited for the challenge and I definitely believe I can go all the way, it's not going to be easy, but I believe in myself," Wozniacki told AFP in Monaco.
"I'm playing so well and when I play my best tennis I'm really hard to beat." Wozniacki returned to the top of the world rankings with victory in Australia, but has since relinquished the number one spot to Halep.
She said that she was glad to no longer face questions about having been number one without winning a Grand Slam title. Despite Halep being ranked the best player in the world, Wozniacki feels as though she is now seen as the player to beat.
"I don't think it makes much of a difference whether I'm one or two, because I won in Australia and they know I'm the one with the last Grand Slam under my belt, so you definitely always have a target on your back," she added at a sponsor's event for tech start-up Lympo.
"But I love that I can go into a French Open without too much pressure on myself." Unlike in the men's game, where Rafael Nadal has won 10 French Open tournaments since 2005, no one female player has dominated on clay, with even Serena Williams finding only three of her 23 Grand Slam titles in Paris.
"I feel like there are no real clay-court specialists on the tour right now and I think that makes my motivation even better," said Wozniacki, who lost in last year's French Open quarter-finals to eventual champion Jelena Ostapenko.
"I definitely think that I've improved (on clay), but over the course of my career I've won a few tournaments on clay before so it's all about trying to get things to click and get that feel back."
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