Caroline Wozniacki.
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Former No. 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has been awarded one of the first wild cards for the 2024 Australian Open and is planning on bringing her two younger youngsters to the scene of her greatest Grand Slam triumph.
Wozniacki, the 2018 Australian Open ladies’s champion, and 6 Australian gamers have been granted the first batch of wild cards.
The 33-year-old Wozniacki returned to top-flight tennis in August after greater than three years off the tour. She performed in Montreal and Cincinnati earlier than making a run to the fourth spherical of the U.S. Open, the place she misplaced to eventual champion Coco Gauff.
“I have so many wonderful memories of Melbourne, and of course winning the Australian Open is an all-time career highlight,” Wozniacki, who was ranked No. 242 this week, informed Australian Open organizers on Wednesday.
Wozniacki received her solely Grand Slam singles title in Australia two years earlier than she left the sport in early 2020 to start out a household. She hung out working as a TV analyst, and now she and former NBA participant David Lee are the mother and father of two youngsters.
Wozniacki stated she deliberate to journey to the match at Melbourne Park together with her daughter, Olivia, and her son, James.
“I can’t wait to share it with my household and my youngsters,” she stated.
Tournament director Craig Tiley introduced in October that three former Australian Open champions — Naomi Osaka, Wozniacki and Angelique Kerber — have been set to return to the yr’s first main following maternity go away.
