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After the
Top 8 players of 2017 battled each other for over a week in
Singapore, Caroline Wozniacki stands on top of the mountain.
The No.6-seeded Dane
moved past fifth seed Venus Williams of the United States, 6-4,
6-4, to claim the title at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore
presented by SC Global on Sunday. Wozniacki wins the WTA Finals for
the first time, besting her runner-up finish in 2010.
Wozniacki
had to survive a stirring comeback from Williams in the second set.
"I’m still shaking," Wozniacki said in her on-court
interview after the match. "I was up 5-0, everything was
going well, and all of a sudden, Venus just starts upping her
game. She went for her shots, she started serving to my body,
and I’m just so happy that I managed to win in the end."
Not only did Wozniacki
win the WTA Finals for the first time, but she also beat Williams for
the first time in her career, after seven previous losses. "Eight
is my lucky number!" the Dane enthused. "I was hoping that
if I’m going to beat her, at least once in my career, it has to be
today. I just went out there and I just did my best."
Wozniacki
played her exceptional mix of offense and defense to the hilt,
hitting 19 winners to only eight unforced errors. Four of those
winners were aces, extending her strong serving statistics she
exhibited throughout the tournament.
Williams had a solid
match as well, with 31 winners and a first serve percentage of 70
percent, but was unable to close out pivotal service games when she
needed to at the end of both sets, and was broken two more times than
Wozniacki, which was the difference.
Information from WTA
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