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| Caroline Wozniacki poses with the trophy after the women final match of the 2012 KDB Korea Open Tennis Championships at Olympics Park in Seoul South Korea, yesterday. Wozniacki won 6-1, 6-0. (EPA |
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Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki dropped just one game against Kaia Kanepi in the lop-sided final of the Korea Open yesterday for her first WTA title of the year.
The top-seeded Dane, currently ranked 11th, took just over an hour for a 6-1 6-0 victory over the Estonian who had beaten her in the third round of French Open earlier this year.
“I just want to build up for the next season. And it’s been a long season so I want to have a holiday and relax,” the 22-year-old told reporters after winning the 19th WTA title of her career.
“I don’t think about ranking. I’m just happy I won the tournament. I would like to enjoy that. I want to be positive, and that’s what I’m thinking about right now.”
Nishikori braces for tough Malaysian Open
Asia’s top player Kei Nishikori of Japan will face a tough fight in the ATP Tour’s Malaysian Open which begins today.
Nishikori, the third seed for the event at the Putra Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, is headed in draw by the in-form world number five and top seed David Ferrer of Spain and world number 11 Juan Monaco from Argentina, the second seed.
Rising star Nishikori, the world number 17, receives a bye into the second round of the 28-player tournament as one of the top four seeds.
But lying in wait for Nishikori, who reached the last four in 2011, is a likely semi-final against Monaco and, should he win that, a potential final against Ferrer.
Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov, ranked 19 in the world, completes the top four seeds.