Caroline Wozniacki: Serena Williams wanted to persuade her to continue
Caroline Wozniacki said in an interview that Serena Williams wanted to persuade the Danish to continue her career in double. At the beginning of the 2020 season, the two had moved into the double final in Auckland before losing to Taylor Townsend and Asia Muhammad.
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last edit: May 10, 2020, 06:00 pm
"We had a lot of fun. It was one of the funniest tournaments I ever played. We wondered why we didn't do it earlier. Serena even said: 'Maybe you will come back for the rest of the season, just with it you can play doubles, "Wozniacki said in an interview with Tennis Channel.
The 29-year-old ended her career after the Australian Open 2020 and around 15 years on the professional tour. In Melbourne, she reached the third round on her last appearance, where she was stopped by Ons Jabeur.
In October 2010 she became number one in the world for the first time, leading the tennis scene for a total of 71 weeks. This puts her in ninth place in the eternal leaderboard of the longest-ruling former world rankings - in the current millennium, Justine Henin and Serena Williams were longer in first place.
In the future, the Australian Open winner of 2018 wants to stay with tennis. "I love the sport so much. I would be happy to work on TV in the future," she said. She is less interested in a coaching job because "I know what to do, but I find it difficult to explain it to someone else".
The phase after her career end is not least relaxed due to the Corona crisis. "Shortly after my career ended, I tipped into many programs on the Discovery Channel. Now I bake a lot, gain a few kilos and try to lose them again in the gym," she said with a wink.
Wozniacki was in Africa with her husband David Lee as the scale of the corona pandemic grew. "More and more flights were canceled, it was difficult to get home," said Wozniacki, who lives in the United States. The jump to Chicago was made via an intercontinental flight and via Qatar, and the couple arrived after a five-hour drive.