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Wozniacki in sight of ending year as No 1
(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-10-28 08:30
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DOHA, Qatar - World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki moved to within one win of the year-end top spot when she continued her 12-week hot streak at the WTA Championships on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old Dane outplayed Elena Dementieva, the former Olympic champion from Russia, 6-1, 6-1, bringing her 31st win in 33 matches since the start of August, during which she has won five of her seven tournaments.
Once again Wozniacki's rhythm, timing and superb movement were again conspicuous as she overwhelmed the tournament's most experienced player, one who has qualified for the season-end event 10 times.
"Of course, now I'm the player to beat, you know, it's just a nice feeling," Wozniacki said.
"It's nice to know that I've done such good results that I'm the No 1 player in the world. That's is a fantastic feeling."
Her confidence was in evidence from the start, when she broke serve immediately, raced to a 3-0 lead, and signalled to Dementieva that most of the rallies could only be won by graft.
"It was a very nice start, definitely," said Wozniacki.
"I'm very happy to be through this first match. It's always tough to start a new tournament, and against Elena, I have had many tough matches in the past. So it's nice to get one like this."
Earlier, the only player capable of toppling Wozniacki from the top spot, Vera Zvonareva, also won
The Wimbledon and US Open finalist from Russia dropped only three games against Jelena Jankovic, the former world No 1 from Serbia, who looked well below par.
"I finished the match but had a really hard time," Jankovic said. "There were moments when I felt I was going to give up."
Agence France-Presse
