Caroline Wozniacki, currently ranked 6th on the WTA, has recently retired against Anne Kremer from Luxembourg (ranked 323)  when leading 7-5, 5-0.

Now before you even read further, you immediately see that this is a very strange score to retire at.

Here’s what happened: Caroline has injured herself during the match and the pain in her hamstring was getting worse and worse.

While Caroline felt that she could have finished the match against Anne Kremer, she also felt that she wouldn’t be able to play in the next round as the danger of more severe injury would be much greater.

Caroline Wozniacki and her father / Photo by AP

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I’ve attended the WTA Pattaya Open tennis tournament for the first time and watched quite a few matches during the week.

Checking the draw for the WTA PTT Pattaya Open 2009

Here’s a short analysis of each player that I watched so you can compare it with what you see when you watch a match and perhaps expand your knowledge of tennis and ways to analyze a player.

Let’s start with the Thailand #1, Tamarine Tanasugarn… (WTA rankings are from 9. February 2009) (more…)