Wozniacki wins 20th career title in Moscow
A month after winning Seoul, third seed Caroline Wozniacki went to the Kremlin Cup title by defeating Urszula Radwanska in the second round, then twice surviving a failure to serve out against fifth seed and defending champion Dominika Cibulkova in the quarterfinals, then again not serving it out in the second set of the semifinal against Sofia Arvidsson but winning in two hours and 34 minutes in three sets, and then finally beating Samantha Stosur 6-2 4-6 7-5.
At Wozniacki leading 6-2 4-3, Stosur won five straight games, including breaking the Dane to love at the start of the third set. Stosur was even leading 3-1 in the decider, but dropped her serve in the sixth game and was broken decisively in the 12th after two hours and 13 minutes.
Wozniacki has won $122,000 in prize money in her first Premier-level title since New Haven 14 months ago. It’s Wozniacki’s 20th career title and she’s the fourth active player after Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova to have that many. Moreover, 13 of those titles are Premier and 7 are International. Wozniacki is now 20-11 in WTA finals, while Stosur is 3-12. (photo: sr_cranks)
Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki, both in the shaky career periods, or in Ivanovic's case sort of an era, have made a nice progress to the big Moscow semifinals. The third-seeded Wozniacki took out defending champion Dominika Cibulkova, but only after serving for the match twice in the second set and both times getting broken at love to finally win in the third set, 6-2 6-7(1) 6-1. Wozniacki's semifinal opponent will be fellow Scandinavian Sofia Arvidsson, who had 

Seed No.2 Marion Bartoli lost in the second round of the Kremlin Cup and now it's certain that Samantha Stosur, top seed in Moscow, will be the first alternate at the WTA Championships in Istanbul. To get a chance to occupy the spot of the first alternate, Bartoli needed to reach at least the final in Moscow, but that proved to be a long shot as the Frenchwoman fell to Sofia Arvidsson right after her first-round bye, 6-3 6-0.


