Wozniacki beats Mladenovic to win Hong Kong Open
Caroline Wozniacki kisses a trophy. PHOTO: REUTERS
HONG KONG: Former universe series one Caroline Wozniacki degraded unseeded French challenger Kristina Mladenovic to take a Hong Kong Open on Sunday after a conflict of wills that lasted roughly 3 hours.
Wozniacki of Denmark, seeded fifth in a competition, stormed a initial set 6-1 with Mladenovic visibly unhappy and limping slightly.
The 23-year-old Frenchwoman emerged in a second set with her right leg bandaged and renewed focus, forcing Wozniacki to dive around a justice with a multiple of dump shots and absolute drives.
The set went to 6-6, with Mladenovic sealing a tie-break 7-4 to go even.
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Spectators around a packaged track flickered paper fans constantly on a prohibited and wet afternoon, with temperatures during 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).
Dressed all in green, a dynamic Wozniacki finally hermetic feat in a third set as a sleepy Mladenovic was eventually incompetent to compare a Dane’s energy and consistency.
Frequently tortuous to gaunt on her racquet between points, a Frenchwoman was in tears as she desperately attempted to quarrel behind after Wozniacki took a 5-0 lead. Wozniacki eventually took a final set 6-2.
It was a latest clever opening in a resurgent deteriorate that saw her strech a semi-finals of a US Open and win a Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
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Wozniacki had downed seventh seed Jelena Jankovic, also a former universe series one, to book her final place.
Mladenovic had been aiming for her initial WTA pretension — it was a third time she had done a foe final usually to lose. She had beaten Australian Daria Gavrilova, seeded eighth in Hong Kong, to secure her place in a final.
Venus Williams and stream universe series one Angelique Kerber went out progressing in a competition.
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