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Wozniacki Saves Set Points To Advance
Miami, USA
by Dana Hatic
|26.03.2011
The Saturday evening women’s match rolled into a Sunday morning finish, as World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki pushed Daniela Hantuchova to a tie-break battle in the third round match of the Sony Ericsson Open. Wozniacki held off three set points to claim the match 6-1, 7-6(7), in one hour and 53 minutes.
At five all in the second set, Wozniacki hit a series of backhands down the line to twice gain the advantage over Hantuchova. She had three break chances, but Hantucova hit an ace and a winner to go up in the second set 6-5. In the next game, Hantuchova gave up two set points, allowing Wozniacki to hold off the break and even the set at six all.
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Wozniacki won three consecutive points in the tie-break, only to drop the next five points. While Hantuchova had an opportunity to force a third set, Wozniacki fought back against the Slovakian, who made a collective 54 unforced errors in the course of the match.
This is Wozniacki’s fourth main draw appearance at Miami, to Hantuchova’s 12th, though neither has advanced past the quarter-finals. Wozniacki is now 3-0 in the women’s meetings, and will continue her campaign for a 15th singles title in the fourth round against Andrea Petkovic.
Wozniacki, who has won the last five WTA Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments, had 20 winners tonight, and is en route to her third title of the year. Though neither she nor Hantuchova has ever won a grand slam tournament, Wozniacki reached the semi-finals of the Australian open this year, and Hantuchova has won a mixed doubles title at each of the four tournaments.
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