Wozniacki beats Petrova to win in New Haven again
Published 5:00 am Sunday, August 29, 2010
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — U.S. Open top seed Caroline Wozniacki won her third consecutive Pilot Pen tennis title Saturday, beating Russian Nadia Petrova 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the final.
The victory capped a good week for the 20-year-old Danish star, who won in Montreal on Monday and heads to New York with four tournament wins this season, the most of any player on tour.
“I feel great,” Wozniacki said. “I have a Tuesday start. So, you know, I’m on a roll.”
Wozniacki went up 2-0 in the third, after Petrova appeared to pull something in her back and called for a trainer. She double faulted to go down 3-1, but fought back to 4-3. Wozniacki broke her again and served out the match.
Petrova, who received a last-minute wild-card entry into the tournament, was playing her first final since 2008. Wozniacki is 13-0 in New Haven and has now won the tournament more than any player except Venus Williams, who took four consecutive titles between 1999 and 2002.
In the men’s final, Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky won his second tournament of the year Saturday, beating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Stakhovsky is unbeaten in four ATP finals, including a win in Hertogenbosch this year.