Wozniacki into Stuttgart tennis semis after impressive fight-back
- Published: 22/04/2011 at 04:31 AM
- Online news: Sports
World number one Caroline Wozniacki avenged her shock Miami defeat to Andrea Petkovic by battling back to beat the German crowd favourite 6-4, 6-1 and reach the Stuttgart semi-finals on Thursday.
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki returns the ball during her quarter-final match against Germany's Andrea Petkovic at the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, southern Germany. Wozniacki won the match 6-4, 6-1.
Despite finding herself 4-1 down after just 21 minutes of the first set, the 20-year-old Danish top seed roared back to break Petkovic, ranked 19th in the world, three times to take the opener.
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