By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, September 3, 2023
NEW YORK—Coco Gauff closed the curtain on Caroline Wozniacki’s US Open comeback immediately.
Former world No. 1 Wozniacki is keen to return to the Grand Slam stage in 2024.
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Playing simply her third event within the final three-and-a-half years, the 33-year-old Wozniacki was up a break within the first and final units earlier than Gauff accomplished a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory to achieve her second straight US Open quarterfinal.
Two-time US Open finalist Wozniacki stated she was happy along with her efficiency and her progress in her Flushing Meadows return.
“I wanted to see with these three events that I came back and played this year, I wanted to see kind of where I was tennis-wise, where I was physically and everything else,” Wozniacki advised the media afterward. “I think I’ve learned a lot from that. I think I’m exactly where I want to be. There’s still a few things that I want to work on and I can do better. But in general I think it’s very positive.
“I believe each occasion that I performed, I performed a bit of higher. Every match I performed right here, I performed a bit of bit higher every time. A variety of positives I can carry with me.”
The 2018 Australian Open champion knocked off former AO finalist Jennifer Brady in a three-set comeback win before bowing to Gauff.
The owner of 30 career singles titles, Wozniacki said she’s learned on her best day she feels she can still beat anyone in the world—and know she can lose to anyone when she’s not at her best.
“I’m inspired. I believe my recreation is fairly good,” Wozniacki said. “I believe that I can beat anybody on any given day. I additionally consider if I’m not taking part in my greatest, I may also lose immediately.
“My serve in the first and third sets let me down a little bit. I don’t feel like I had the same pop as I had some of the other days. So that’s something I’m going to work on.”
The girl nicknamed “Sunshine” for her perpetually-positive disposition has stated she’s aiming to play an entire schedule in 2024, together with her Australian Open return.
“I don’t know how long I am going to play for,” the 33-year-old Wozniacki advised the media in her pre-tournament presser immediately. “I don’t know if it’s going to be a year, two years, three years. I can’t predict the future. “I additionally understand that I’m not that younger anymore. I’m 33.
“Obviously you have Venus still playing. She’s older than me. You have older players. At the same time I think what I’ve learned most is that you can’t predict the future.
“I’m simply having fun with being right here within the second. I hope for an excellent event. I’m positively planning on taking part in much more subsequent yr, taking part in extra of a full schedule.”
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