Wozniacki survives French Open scare against Aussie teen Fourlis


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 29 May 2017

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - 29/5/17 Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki in action during her first round match against Australia's Jaimee Fourlis Reuters / Christian Hartmann

PARIS (Reuters) - Big-hitting Australian teenager Jaimee Fourlis served up a major scare for Caroline Wozniacki at Roland Garros on Monday, making light of the 300-plus ranking places separating them to push the 11th seeded Dane to three sets.

Wozniacki, who appeared to be carrying the after-effects of a lower back injury that forced her to retire during last week's Strasbourg tournament, pulled away towards the end of a testy encounter, winning 6-4 3-6 6-2 in just over two hours.

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