1990-born Caroline Wozniacki had a great start of season reaching the 4th round in the Australian Open and the Tier Is of Doha, Indian Wells and Miami consecutively and breaking into the Top 40. Her progression slowed down a little but lately she is showing another peak of form. She won her first WTA title in Stocholm three weeks ago without dropping a set and broke into the Top 30.
This week Caroline has conquered the greatest title of her career so far at the Tier II of New Haven. On her way to the final, Wozniacki showed a very solid tennis, defeating other young players showing a great performance this season as Top 20 Dominika Cibulkova and Alize Cornet, as well as 3rd seed Marion Bartoli, all of them in straigh sets. But the final was a bigger challenge, as she had to face 1st seed and Top 10 Anna Chakvetadze. Chakvetadze took the first set 6/3, but Wozniacki fought back and won the following sets by 6/4 and 6/1 to take the title.
Furthermore, with this victory Caroline has broken into the Top 20 for the first time and achieved her career-high ranking at #18. She will be one to watch at the US Open.
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