Dubai: Caroline Wozniacki admitted that she was being inspired by the imminence of her wedding to Rory McIlroy after bringing about a great survival in the first round of the Dubai Open. <img title="Caroline Wozniacki. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/feb/19Caroline-Wozniacki-1.jpg" alt="Caroline Wozniacki. Pic/AFP" /> Caroline Wozniacki. Pic/AFP&nbsp;
The former World No 1 from Denmark seemed pleased enough with her performance in recovering from a set, 0-1 and love 40 down to beat Sabine Lisicki, the Wimbledon finalist, but looked transformed with joy when talking about marrying the former World No 1 golfer from Northern Ireland.
"I am so excited &mdash; it's such an exciting time," Wozniacki said after her 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Lisicki which, it transpired, had not really been the thing uppermost in her mind. "We have set the date," she admitted, without being prepared to say when that was.
Was it this year? "You never know," she responded, but with a mile-wide smile which gave the impression that it was. Wozniacki was able to turn the match against Lisicki around partly because she maintained a very high percentage of first serves even when under severe pressure from one of the hardest hitters in the game, but also because she got a lot of return of serves back deep.
She now plays, not Samantha Stosur, the former US Open champion from Australia, but a qualifier, Annicka Beck, the World No 50 from Germany, who prevailed 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Caroline Wozniacki admitted that she was being inspired by the imminence of her wedding to Rory McIlroy after bringing about a great survival in the first round of the Dubai Open

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