16 May,2009 06:13 PM IST | | AFP
Teenaged Dane Caroline Wozniacki wore down French veteran Amelie Mauresmo to earn a 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 victory into the final of the Madrid Masters today.
The 29-year-old Mauresmo had spent nearly seven hours on court during the week while her opponent - with legs a decade younger - had needed less than five in her previous matches.
The ninth-seeded Wozniacki will face the winner of a match between Swiss Patty Schnyder and top-seeded Russian Dinara Safina.
The match required a 65-minute first set, littered with six breaks. Wozniacki ran off to a 4-0 lead in the tiebreaker and swept into the match lead with ease.
The pair traded early second-set breaks with Wozniacki breaking away for 4-2 on the way to the biggest success so far of her career.
Wozniacki will make her first career appearance in the WTA Top ten on Monday with the start of Roland Garros looming.
Mauresmo was weighed down with five double-faults while losing serve five times. The former world number one fired 23 winners and 48 unforced errors in the contest which ended just shy of the two-hour mark.
Wozniacki's best result this season was a title at a small Florida event and runner-up showing indoors in Memphis while Mauresmo claimed the Paris Indoor title in February.
