Wozniacki topples Serena from top spot

Published Oct 7, 2010

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Caroline Wozniacki became the first Danish tennis player to be crowned world number one when she beat Czech Petra Kvitova to reach the quarter-finals of the China Open. The 20-year-old dethroned American Serena Williams, who has not played since winning her 13th grand slam title at Wimbledon in July, when Kvitova smacked a service return into the net.

A jubilant Wozniacki held her arms aloft in celebration as Tina Turner's hit "Simply the Best" blasted out of the PA system in Beijing's Olympic tennis centre.

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