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Caroline Wozniacki Sets Out To Defend WTA Finals Title

By Harry Floyd

SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 19: The 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global returns to Singapore for the fifth consecutive year with the top women competing for $7 million in prize money from October 21 to October 28. This year's singles field pose at Bay East Garden. Left to Right: Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands, Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, lina Svitolina of the Ukraine, Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, Angelique Kerber of Germany, Sloane Stephens of the United States and Naomi Osaka of Japan, on October 19, 2018 in Singapore. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 19: The 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global returns to Singapore for the fifth consecutive year with the top women competing for $7 million in prize money from October 21 to October 28. This year's singles field pose at Bay East Garden. Left to Right: Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands, Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, lina Svitolina of the Ukraine, Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, Angelique Kerber of Germany, Sloane Stephens of the United States and Naomi Osaka of Japan, on October 19, 2018 in Singapore. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) /
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Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki is setting out to defend her WTA Finals title this coming week. Can Wozniacki pull off back to back wins in Singapore?

Caroline Wozniacki is among the top players in women’s singles tennis entering the action at the 2018 WTA Finals. She faces former world number one Czech tennis star Karolina Pliskova first in the group stage of the event. Last year, Wozniacki took home her first career win at the end of year event and followed it up with a grand slam title at the Australian Open.

The Danish tennis star has become a force within women’s singles.

Battling back and forth with Romanian great Simona Halep for much of the 2018 WTA Tour, Wozniacki now emerges as one of the top contenders for the title in Singapore. The event is set to feature a stellar mix of veteran talent and young rising stars. Wozniacki falls somewhere right in the middle of those two categories.

Veteran greats in the mix at the 2018 WTA Finals include the likes of Angelique Kerber and Petra Kvitova. The rest of the field includes rising stars such as Naomi Osaka, Elina Svitolina, Sloane Stephens and others. Caroline Wozniacki is in a prime position, capable of utilizing her vast experience and youthful talent.

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While other players like Osaka might be surging as of late, Caroline Wozniacki could be considered the top contender for the title in Singapore. Coming in as the defending champion helps her projected outcome. As action gets started at the WTA Finals, elsewhere in women’s tennis, Eugenie Bouchard is possibly making her comeback on tour. She reaches the semifinals at the Luxembourg Open, only to fall to the tournament’s top seed in Julia Goerges. Check back for updates on all of the action in Singapore this coming week and for news from around the tennis world.

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