The Dark Horseman

Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak could be described at the WTA’s dark horseman. Wozniak has been reeked havoc to top players last week at Stanford for the Bank of the West Teen Classic. Not only did she outplay both Serena Williams and Marion Bartoli but has also put them sideline for the next tournament in the Olympus US Open Series. In her match against Serena Williams, she took the first set and forced Serena to retire in the second set due to a knee injury. In the finals against Marion, Wozniak once again wore her opponent out. In the first set Wozniak ran Bartoli from side to side taking the set 7-5. In the second set she rolled passed her to win 6-3. It was in the second set that not did Bartoli show signs of fatigue but also signs of an injury. Bartoli complained of a a sore left hip and by the end of the second set she was limping and barely able to retrieve the ball.

I am not sure if Wozniak is a one woman wrecking machine or if the demands of the schedule are breaking players down but one thing can be for sure, Wozniak took the Bank of the West Classic championship and ran with it. She is the first Canadian to win a WTA tour event in 20 years. Was it luck, was it her unmatched skill at that point and time. No one knows but what is clear is that she has her first event in the bag. Congrats Wozniak, the tour’s dark horseman.