Wozniacki advances over Kudryavtseva at French Open
No. 3 seed, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark easily advanced to the second round today in Paris at the French Open. She handily defeated Alla Kudryavtseva from Russia in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3.
Caroline is playing with her right ankle taped after spraining it in the semifinals in Charleston on April 17. After returning to play, she lost 3 of her next 5 matches, then retired from her quarterfinal match in Warsaw last week. After her match today, Caroline had this to say about her ankle: “[My ankle] feels much better today. Yeah, I felt really good, actually… I’ve had good support in the tape, so I was really happy about that.”
U.S. Seals Berth in Fed Cup Final
Bethanie Mattek-Sands celebrates at the end of her 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 match against Ekaterina Makarova in their Fed Cup singles match Sunday, April 25. Her victory kept the United States’ Fed Cup title hopes alive tying the semifinal matchup with Russia at 2-2.
That brought it down to a decisive doubles match with Mattek-Sands teaming up with Liezel Huber against the Russian team of Elena Dementieva and Alla Kudryavtseva.











