Caroline Wozniacki's first match on a grass court in five years ends in defeat by Elise Mertens at the Birmingham Classic.
Caroline Wozniacki's first match on a grass court in five years ended in defeat by Elise Mertens at the Birmingham Classic.
Denmark's Wozniacki, 33, returned to tennis last year, three and a half years after she retired at the 2020 Australian Open.Katie Boulter, Harriet Dart, Heather Watson and Amelia Rajecki are among the British players in action in Birmingham later on Tuesday. Watson faces Czech eighth seed Marie Bouzkova, and 22-year-old Rajecki contests her first WTA main draw match against Russian Diana Shnaider.Wozniacki, who made her return to Grand Slam action at the 2023 US Open, has requested a wildcard from Wimbledon in the hope of competing at the All England Club for the first time since 2019.
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