{"id":1978,"date":"2017-04-01T20:56:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T00:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2017-04-01T20:56:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T00:56:55","slug":"wozniackis-resurgence-not-gold-seems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2017\/04\/01\/wozniackis-resurgence-not-gold-seems\/","title":{"rendered":"Wozniacki’s Resurgence is Not as Golden as it Seems"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of the 2016 tennis season, I dealt with Caroline Wozniacki\u2019s resurgence<\/a>, praising her outstanding achievements after surviving a scary first round at the Us Open<\/strong> against Taylor Townsend<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Somehow, the Dane managed to defeat the young American girl, in an awful three-setter which was pretty much an unforced error party. And with\u00a0big surprise, she eventually reached the semis! It\u2019s actually hard to convey it in a rational way, but indeed 2016 US Open marked a new beginning in the tennis life of Caroline Wozniacki<\/b>. Moreover, two weeks after the Grand Slam, she won the title Tokyo<\/strong>, and she conquered a second one in Hong Kong<\/strong> few weeks later. Hence, it was impossible not to have big expectations on her 2017.<\/p>\n

And indeed, Wozniacki\u2019s start of the season has been impressive thus far. It\u2019s only the beginning of April, and the Dane has already reached the final in three occasions, i.e. Doha<\/strong>, Dubai<\/strong>, and Miami<\/strong> \u2013 respectively a Premier Event, a Premier 5 and a Premier Mandatory.
\nAs we say in Italy, \u201cmica pizza e fichi!<\/strong>\u201d, which literally means \u201cit\u2019s not a matter of pizza or\u00a0figs\u201d but metaphorically it’s used referring to\u00a0something that\u2019s valuable and of a particularly high level, to state that is, indeed… not pizza or figs. Therefore, Wozniacki\u2019s reaching the final in three tournaments of this caliber, is \u201cmica pizza e fichi\u201d!
\nWhat\u2019s more, when she didn\u2019t reach the final, her loss has always been against good and in-form players, and most of the time matches were thigh. Indeed, she lost in three sets both in Auckland<\/strong> and Sydney<\/strong>, and also in her most recent loss before the final, in Indian Wells<\/strong>, she fought hard before surrendering to French Kiki Mladenovic<\/strong>.
\nSummarizing, it\u2019s just the end of\u00a0the third month of 2017 tennis season, and the Dane<\/p>\n

has already three finals, and losses after fighting hard in late stages of big tournaments. It seems gold.<\/p>\n

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