That wasn’t easy.
Seed no.3 Caroline Wozniacki had a very rough time against Roberta Vinci in New Haven. The Italian has been playing a rather good tennis in Connecticut to demolish Genie Bouchard 6-1 6-0 after qualifying for the main draw.
The Italian gave her best also against Wozniacki to lead 5-3 in the decider. Eventually the former world no.1 brought the match at the breaker when she had to save 3 match points before winning 6-4 6-7 (6) 7-6 (7). Match Stats.
The match ended after 2 hours and 53 minutes with Wozniacki scoring just 1 point more than Vinci (123 vs. 122) . Match Stats.
Wozniacki
Caroline commented “I just kept fighting, really. It could have gone either way but thankfully it went my way.”
Next vs. Garcia
Wozniacki will play another Caroline (Garcia) in the quarters. Head to head is 1-0 for the Dane.
| NOT EASY |
