Heather Watson loses to Caroline Wozniacki in Eastbourne semi-finals
| Eastbourne 2017 |
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| Venue: Devonshire Park, Eastbourne Date: 26 June-1 July |
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Heather Watson’s fine run at the Aegon International in Eastbourne came to an end when she was beaten 6-2 3-6 7-5 by Caroline Wozniacki in the semi-finals.
The Briton, ranked 126 after a disappointing year, had her serve broken three three times by the world number six in a nervous first set.
Watson, 25, fought back well to take the Dane to a third set.
But Wozniacki, the 2009 champion, won the key points in a tight decider to secure her place in Saturday’s final.
Wozniacki, 26, will play third seed Karolina Pliskova for the title after the Czech had a walkover victory over Johanna Konta.
British number one Konta withdrew from her semi-final against Pliskova because of a back injury picked up in her quarter-final win over world number one Angelique Kerber of Germany.
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Watson fightback ends in defeat
The Guernsey player last won a tournament in March 2016 and appeared nervous in the first set.
However, she played more aggressively in the second, breaking former world number one Wozniacki to lead 4-2.
Wozniacki called for the trainer because of an abdominal strain after the next game – but Watson kept her focus to level the match.
The British number three maintained her positive approach to break Wozniacki’s serve early in the third set but the Dane, who seemed unaffected by her injury, broke back straight away.
Wozniacki kept plugging away and had two match points in the 12th game, taking the second after Watson hit a forehand into the net.