2023-08-10 10:49:35
The beautiful adventure is already over. Caroline Wozniacki, who had chosen the WTA tournament in Montreal to make her return to competition after more than three years of absence and after giving birth to two children, was beaten in the second round of the event by Marketa Vondrousova (6 -2, 7-5), Wednesday evening.
The 33-year-old player, who enjoys a protected ranking, took the first step on the road to her comeback on Tuesday, beating the modest Australian Kimberly Birrell (115th in the world) 6-2, 6-2. A victory hailed by the entire professional circuit, happy to find the Dane on a court.
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But this time the step was too high for the former world number 1 (in 2010) and winner of the Australian Open in 2018. She – logically – stumbled upon Marketa Vondrousova, world number 10 and recent Wimbledon winner.
Wozniacki however had his chance in the second set. Led 6-2, 3-0 by the Czech, she then regained the upper hand, winning four games to lead 4-3, and even obtained a break point to break away 5-3. Before finally giving in to the Czech. A defeat but also many lessons that will be useful to her before playing the US Open where she obtained an invitation.
Wozniacki, announced to end his career in January 2020 due to a chronic inflammatory joint disease, rheumatoid arthritis, before giving birth to a daughter Olivia, born in June 2021, and a son James, born last October .
The Dane thus joins other female athletes who have returned to high-level competition after giving birth to a child, including Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters, Victoria Azarenka and Elina Svitolina. The latter had also welcomed the return to the circuit of Wozniacki. “It’s great that some girls come back, it takes a lot of strength and work, said the companion of Gaël Monfils. It also shows how strong women are, and I hope more girls will believe that it is possible and that they too can have a career after giving birth. »
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