Thursday, June 28, 2012
Wozniacki dumped out by Paszek
LONDON (Reuters) - Seventh seed Caroline Wozniacki lost 5-7 7-6 6-4 to Austrian Tamira Paszek in a disrupted first-round clash at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
In a match which started on Tuesday and was interrupted again by rain on Wednesday, former world number one Wozniacki took the first set and led 2-0 in the second but Paszek continued to go for her shots and fought back to win a tiebreak 7-4 under the closed roof on Centre Court.
Tamira Paszek of Austria celebrates after defeating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in their women's singles tennis match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettPaszek, who won the Eastbourne warm-up tournament last weekend, served for the match at 5-3 in the decider but Dane Wozniacki broke back, only to drop her serve in the next game to hand victory to the world number 37.
It was the first time Wozniacki, who has never won a grand slam title despite getting to the top of the rankings, had lost in the first round at Wimbledon.
(Reporting by Ed Osmond, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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