Wozniacki Live at Copenhagen's 2012 e-Boks Open

>> Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The third staging of the e-Boks Open in Farum Arena just north of Copenhagen, Denmark will be broadcast live online here. Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, the former world #1 and now world #6 is the defending champion in this event winning the first two tournaments in 2010 and 2011. She will be joined in the 2012 edition by two other top 20 players - world #16 Angelique Kerber of Germany is the second seed, and world #17 Jelena Jankovic is seeded third.

The venue of the e-Boks Open is at Farum Arena. The place was built in 2000 for theater, concerts, conferences and handball but tennis was added to the venue as the first WTA event in Denmark with the rise of Caroline Wozniacki to superstardom. In 2009, Wozniacki reached the finals of the US Open, her best performance at a Grand Slam to date, and in 2010, she ascended to the world #1 ranking, the first Danish player to do so. "This tournament means a lot to me," said Wozniacki, who was born and raised less than 90 miles away in Odense. "It's great to play in front of my Danish fans who have been following me my whole career. It's just amazing to be able to play in front of the home crowd."

Wozniacki is still looking for her first tournament title of the year. She lost her number 1 ranking after losing to Kim Clijsters at this year's Australian Open and failed to defend her tournament titles at Dubai and Indian Wells. Her best performance at a tournament this season was reaching the semifinals of the Miami tennis tournament where she beat Serena Williams for the first time. She will be starting her e-Boks Open campaign by going against Urszula RADWANSKA of Poland, the younger sister of world #4 Agnieszka Radwanska.

Kerber will most likely provide the stiffest challenge for Wozniacki. She won her first career title earlier this year indoors in Paris and also has three semifinal showings during a season that saw her crack the Top 15 for the first time last month. Also, she played Wozniacki closer than anyone else at this event last year. Third-seeded Jankovic will also provide a challenge if she can make her way to the finals. She has fallen on hard times of late, but has won two titles indoors and owns four career wins over Wozniacki. Kerber and Jankovic are on opposite sides of the draw from Wozniacki. Kerber will start her Copenhagen campaign against Stephanie Foretz Gacon of France while Jankovic will face British youngster Laura Robson in the first round.

The winner of the 2012 e-Boks Open will take home $37,000 and 280 ranking points. The finalist will win $19,000 and 200 ranking points. Watch tennis live action direct from Copenhagen through TennisTv.com.

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