Three-time defending champion Caroline Wozniacki will play qualifier Petra Cetkovska in the final of the New Haven Open.

The top-seeded Wozniacki was a break down for the most part of the first set of the semifinal against Francesca Schiavone, and it was the third-seeded Schiavone who had 24 winners to 18 errors, compared to Wozniacki's 3 winners and 10 errors. Still, the Dane won at rigth moments and in the tiebreak took the first set. Through the second set she went more comfortably and advanced to the final with a 7-6(2) 6-3 win.

Cetkovska battled to a thrilling 6-2 5-7 7-6(9) victory over second seed Li Na to reach her first WTA final, and nothing less than at a Premier-level tournament. At 5-4 in the third set Cetkovska served for the match, gave Li three break opportunities at 0-40, then saved all the three, but double-faulted on match point. In the tiebreak Li saved two match points before losing one of her own at 8-7. Cetkovska closed out on her fifth match point. Read more »

World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki avenged her last week's Cincinnati loss to Christina McHale with a 7-5 6-3 over the American in the quarterfinals of the New Haven Open where the Dane is now on a 15-0 winning streak including three straight titles. If Wozniacki manages to win four successive titles at a WTA event, she will be the tenth player in the Open Era to do so, and first since Venus Williams' reign in New Haven from 1999 to 2002. Read more »

At the tournament where Caroline Wozniacki is aiming for her fourth straight title the Dane rebounded from her US Open lead-up crisis by a convincing 6-3 6-0 victory over Slovenian Polona Hercog. At the last tournament before the New York Grand Slam, Wozniacki finally won a match, while at the preceding events of Toronto and Cincinnati the world No.1, who will be top seed at the US Open, suffered opening round losses.

To make things more interesting, Wozniacki's opponent in the quarterfinal of the New Haven Open will be home favorite Christina McHale, who upset Wozniacki 6-4 7-5 last week at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. Wildcard McHale has already made news this week, having beaten sixth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round and then rolling past Carla Suarez Navarro in the second.

Additional info: Adidas yesterday sent me this official photo of Wozniacki's US Open dress. So, it will definitely be the white version of the dress, and not the light yellow dress. Also, they sent me the behind-the-scenes video of Wozniacki's photo shoot for Stella McCartney Fall/Winter 2011.

Caroline Wozniacki is suffering an obvious slump of form and now we know that the reason is most probably that she is no longer being coached by her father, Piotr. He is not her main coach any more, but he shows up as a supplementary coach when needed. In an interview for a Danish media outlet Ekstra Bladet, Piotr didn't want to reveal the name of Caroline's new head coach.

The father-daughter cooperation ended after Wimbledon. The reason behind it could be that Caroline is trying to change her overly defensive style of play and add more aggression. Of course, her father will stay by her side, it's just that he will be less present as a coach.

This piece of news is still fresh, we will surely get more details soon. (photo by our reader Tony)

Caroline Wozniacki’s form ahead of the US Open is becoming worrying – the Dane suffered her second straight loss in an opening match and not even the presence of her rumored boyfriend Rory McIlroy did her good today against Christina McHale, an American ranked 75 placed below her.

In the second round of the Western & Southern Open, McHale broke Wozniacki’s poor serve five times during the two-set encounter which finished 6-4 7-5. Last week at Toronto Wozniacki lost her opening match against Roberta Vinci with the same score.

The world No.1 has lost only 12 matches this season, but early exists have piled up recently, including her retirement against Sofia Arvidsson in the second round of Bastad last month. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)