Women's top seed Croline Wozniacki dumped out of French Open in round three by Daniela Hantuchova
Women's top seed Croline Wozniacki dumped out of French Open in round three by Daniela HantuchovaCaroline Wozniacki's Grand Slam misery plunged to new depths at the French Open yesterday as Daniela Hantuchova sent her packing 6-1, 6-3 at the third round stage in just 73 minutes.
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki returns to Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova
during their French Open third round match at Roland Garros in Paris
yesterday. Hantuchova (inset) won 6-1, 6-3. pics/AFPPlaying out on the Suzanne Lenglen showcourt in cool windy conditions, Wozniacki held her opening service game to draw level at 1-1 and then promptly lost nine games in a row as the 28-year-old Hantuchova, playing in her 41st Grand Slam event, ran her ragged. Wozniacki did steady her ship enough to get back to 4-3 down and, with just a hint of a possible comeback in the air, the pressure for the first time in the match was on the Slovak, but she comfortably held to love to get to 5-3.
She then clinched one of the biggest wins in her career in the following game when a dismal Wozniacki netted a backhand drive. Meanwhile, third-seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia is the highest-ranking player left in the last 16 following her 6-2, 6-3 win over Anastasia Rodionova of Australia. The 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova also went through 6-0, 6-4.
