US Open Tennis 2014 Women’s Final: Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki Preview

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Published: September 6, 2014

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Like everyone foresaw, No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki will clash with No. 1 Serena Williams in the women's final at Flushing Meadows to crown a 2014 U.S. Open champion.

Well, fans surely saw half of that equation coming, at least.

Williams has been on an absolute tear and has yet to lose a set in New York this time around, so the more interesting story is automatically Wozniacki. The Danish star is playing the best tennis of her career, and while a large underdog, is vividly a serious threat to the No. 1 player in the world.

In other words, a wildly unpredictable bracket has birthed a must-see final, as it should.

 



 

The Path Traveled



"Ho-hum" has been the best way to describe things for Williams to this point. After a strange showing at Wimbledon, she bounced back with wins in Stanford and Cincinnati, and that momentum has been out in full force in New York.

Williams took down Taylor Townsend (6-3, 6-1), Vania King (6-1, 6-0), Varvara Lepchenko (6-3, 6-3) and Kaia Kanepi (6-3, 6-3) before finally hitting a bit of a speed bump against No. 11 Flavia Pennetta in the quarterfinals.

There, Williams dropped the first three games and saw her serve broken twice. She then rattled off six games in a row to end up winning, 6-3, 6-2, but if there is a weakness to whisper about, it's her propensity for a slow start.

There was none of that Friday when she took down No. 17 Ekaterina Makarova (6-1, 6-3), a player who had done plenty of unseeding over the course of the tournament, with the highlights being wins over No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard and No. 16 Victoria Azarenka.

It was an ugly affair, obviously. Williams won 77 percent of her first-serve points and went six-of-six at the net while shooting 24 winners to her opponent's six. Much of what we are seeing from Williams is the result of something rather simple—she's...
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