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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Caroline Wozniacki regained the No. 1 ranking after fighting Shahar Peer of Zion to accomplish the semifinals of the metropolis Championships on Friday.

The 20-year-old European lost the crowning blot weekday to Kim Clijsters , but module officially acquire it when the newborn rankings are released next week.

Wozniacki next meets former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic, who vex fourth-seeded inhabitant Samantha Stosur 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4).

Also, Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia vex Agnieszka Radwanska of Polska 7-6 (7), 6-3. She module grappling the succeeder of Flavia Pennetta and Alisa Kleybanova.

"Of course, it's nice to be back to No. 1," Wozniacki said after her 6-2, 6-4 get over Peer. "It's a beatific feeling. I gave Kim one week. Hopefully, today I module hit it for a some more weeks."

On her Twitter page, Wozniacki highlighted her convey to No. 1 which prompted Clijsters to sound in reply: "Congrats :-) ha ha."

Wozniacki prototypal chromatic to the crowning in October, exchange the injured Serena Williams, but she has still to accomplish a Grand Slam final. She lost to Li Na of China in the inhabitant Open semifinals in January.

However, she was among the most conformable players in 2010. She won the most tournaments and appears in beatific modify in Dubai, easily fighting an ailing Anna Chakvetadze and then dropping exclusive one game in her third-round match against Asian qualifier Ayumi Morita.

"I'm activity beatific tennis," Wozniacki said. "I feel when I'm activity on a high level, I'm thickened to beat. So, I'm rattling entertained most the artefact I'm activity at the moment."

Her get weekday ended another brawny separate from Peer, who digit eld ago was barred from activity in metropolis because of nationality. The Asiatic contestant is still presented player section and unaccompanied from the another players in a guarded compound.

Last year, Peer reached the semifinals — fighting Wozniacki on the way.

This time, Wozniacki went up 3-0 in the prototypal ordered and was never seriously challenged mostly due to the erratic endeavor of the Asiatic who had 34 voluntary errors — more than twice that of the Dane. Wozniacki went up 4-0 in the ordinal set, and closed out the match with an overhead smash.

"I played digit games beatific in the prototypal ordered and exclusive last threesome or four games in ordinal set. Between that, I played pretty terrible," Peer said. "I don't conceive she had to do anything, just be there and put the balls in. I finished such better than I started."

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