Caroline wozniacki into final of the Australian open 2018

MELBOURNE, Australia

Caroline Wozniacki became the first to book her spot in the 2018 Australian Open finals, serving through a late-match hiccup to defeat 22-year-old Belgian Elise Mertens, 6-3, 7-6(2), making her first major final since 2014 (third overall), and her first outside the US Open.

"It was kind of like when I played in Toronto six times and I'd never won a match," Wozniacki said of her breakthrough in press. "That first round match that I played in Toronto, I was nervous serving it out, even though I was up 6-2, 5-0. I was like, 'Okay, I can do this.' When I won, something just disappeared. I said, 'Okay, thankfully now I can actually win here.' Then I went all the way to the finals.