Caroline Wozniacki is getting ready to play her first Grand Slam match in more than 3 1/2 years at the U.S. Open when the tournament begins next week.
“It just happened to be that I felt like I was hitting the ball extremely well, that I still am young enough to give it another shot,” Wozniacki said with a smile. “You only live once. So why not?”
Her greatest triumph arrived at the Australian Open in 2018, when she claimed the title by defeating Simona Halep in the final after facing match point in the second round of the tournament. That Grand Slam trophy allowed Wozniacki to return to No. 1 in the rankings after an absence of six years. In 2009, she reached her first major final at the U.S. Open while still a teenager but lost to Kim Clijsters.There also were three other runs to the semifinals in New York before she decided to walk away from the game afterearly in 2020. She wanted to start a family. She also had announced in 2018 that she has rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune condition that can cause pain and swelling in the wrist and other joints.
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