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By Erik Gudris | Tuesday, May 27, 2014

 
Caroline Wozniacki French Open 2014

Caroline Wozniacki and her recent woes continued after she lost a tough three set match in her opening round at the French Open.

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The last few weeks are likely ones Caroline Wozniacki will soon want to forget.

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Entering this year's French Open, the former World No. 1 not only dealt with a recent knee injury but also with her split from ex-fiancé Rory McIlroy. Despite withdrawing from the Rome event, Wozniacki decided to compete in Paris even after everything that happened to her on and off the court.

Wozniacki took on Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer in the first round on Tuesday. The match proved to be a closely contested one with neither player taking full control early.

Wickmayer claimed the opening set in a tense tiebreak only to watch Wozniacki bounce back in the second. But it was Wickmayer who earned a lead in the final set that she never surrendered.

Wickmayer soon celebrated the 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2 victory sending her into the second round.

In her press conference afterwards, Wozniacki started with a brief statement saying that she did not want to talk about her breakup with McIlroy.

"The only thing I really have to say is that, you know, thank everybody for their support and sweet messages. That's really nice," Wozniacki said. "You know, what happens in my personal life, I just want to really keep that between my closest people around me. You know, I just have to move on."

When asked how she was able to prepare for her match despite recent events, Wozniacki admitted it wasn't easy.

"Obviously it's always you know, you're not prepared for something like this, and came a bit as a shock. You know, I just tried to prepare the best that I could, and really tried to focus on my match and on what I had to do out there."

On what's next for Wozniacki, who is currently ranked outside of the top 10, even she wasn't sure.

"I haven't really thought about it. I was just so focused on one day at a time and one hour at a time. I haven't really thought forward. I don't know. I think I just need to sit down and just think about, you know, how I can get my knee 100 percent ready and, you know, what the best way to do so is."

Though having made two recent semifinal appearances at WTA events in Dubai and Monterrey, Wozniacki has struggled this season to put together the kind of tennis that took her to the top ranking in 2010 and 2011.

At age 23, Wozniacki said that her body was starting to break down a little more than she would like. But the woman nicknamed "Sunshine" still felt that the best was yet to come in her career.

"I have done a lot already in my young years, but at the same time, you know, I feel like there is still a lot of things that can be improved on. And even when I was playing my best, you know, there are still things I can improve on. So I believe that, you know, that's why I'm playing, because I believe that I can, you know, get back to the level I had and even play better."

 

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