Wozniacki defeats similarly named opponent to capture title in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki defeated Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak 6-1, 6-2 to win The MPS Group Championships on Sunday.

Wozniacki, from Denmark, won 84 percent of her first serve points in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour clay-court season opener and took advantage of several mistakes.

Wozniak never mounted a charge and down 3-1 in the first set double-faulted away two games.

Each player held serve in the second until Wozniacki broke her opponent at 3-2. Wozniak, who committed 31 unforced errors, won only three points the last two games in a match that lasted only 63 minutes.

“My plan was to play aggressive and make her run,” Wozniacki said. “This is a great start to the clay-court season, a really good start. I proved I can beat these better players.”

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Singles - Final

(2) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (5) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 61 62