Caroline Wozniacki Rallies to Beat Rising Star Andrea Petkovic in Stuttgart

By
at Internationaled.org

Published: April 21, 2011

commentComment        

World No. 1. Caroline Wozniacki defeated rising German star Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 6-1 in Stuttgart earlier today. Petkovic has had an amazing start to the year including a 4th round victory over Wozniacki in Miami and had the advantage of a super supporting home crowd.

She used that advantage to the fullest early on when she blasted winners past Wozniacki to go up 4-1, 40-0 on Wozniacki’s serve. However, errors started creeping into the German’s otherwise flawless game and the world No. 1. dug deep mentally and physically. She reeled off four break points, aided by Petkovic missing a few drive volleys, and then she showed why she is the No. 1.

Against Petkovic, who was playing unbelievable tennis, probably the best of her life, she won five straight games to take the set. Petkovic was then broken and almost got bagelled in the second as Wozniacki started off with another five straight games and going up 15-30 on the German serve.

A bagel would have been too much and Petkovic deservedly got a game before Wozniacki served the out the match.

When you can play like Petkovic started out today and not even win a set against the world No. 1, it is becoming increasingly hard for her opponents to see just what they need to do to beat her. Petkovic’s formula (fire winners past her) only works if one can keep doing that for an entire match.

Petkovic could not, not many can.

Wozniacki deserves credit for not going away when she was overpowered and outplayed. It's similar to Rafael Nadal's past play against Federer, as he would not be bothered by games or even sets of brilliance from the Swiss Maestro. He knew Federer’s level had to dip at some point. When it did, Nadal would be there, waiting with his consistency, long rallies and punishing ground-strokes.

Wozniacki does the same when she meets an opponent on a roll. She refuses to be bothered by it, makes some small tacti...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

Latest News


Comments

Comments are closed.

Sponsors

Bruins Tickets The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

Red Wings Tickets The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League.

Penguins Tickets The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

New York Rangers Tickets play their home games at Madison Square Garden, they are one of the oldest teams in the NHL, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise, and are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six.

San Jose Sharks Tickets The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States.

Toronto Maple Leafs Tickets The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

New Jersey Devils Tickets The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

Washington Capitals Tickets The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.

Buffalo Sabres Tickets The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League. Get the Sabres and all of your NHL Tickets here.

NASCAR season is on of the most attended sports in the world. NASCAR Tickets to the best tracks is a must every year. Some of these tracks are: Talladega Tickets, Lowes Motor Speedway Tickets, Pocono Raceway Tickets, located in Ridgeway Virginia you have Martinsville Speedway Tickets and southern US you have two of the most popular Atlanta Motor Speedway Tickets and Texas Motor Speedway Tickets. Don't miss all the racing events this year!

Boston Red Sox Tickets The Boston Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Since 1912, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park. This is one of the hottest MLB Tickets sales of any team in the major league.

New York Yankees Tickets The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of Major League Baseball's American League East Division. Get tickets to one of the hottest games of the season Yankees Red Sox Tickets.

Chicago Cubs Tickets The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League.

Phillies Tickets The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883.

Orioles Tickets The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Do you love wrestling? Get your WWE Tickets and WWE Survivor Series Tickets today!