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Enlarge PhotoCaroline Wozniacki of Denmark cries after falling and spraining her ankle during play against Vera... Caroline Wozniacki's bid for a second title in two weeks came to a shuddering halt when she retired injured from her semi-final at the Family Circle Cup on Saturday.The top-seeded Dane, who clinched her seventh career title in Ponte Vedra, Florida last week, quit while trailing Russia's Vera Zvonareva 5-2 in the opening set after injuring her right ankle in a tumble.
In the previous game, Wozniacki had tripped while sliding in for a drop shot. After being helped from the court, she had her ankle taped up and played one more game before pulling out.
In Sunday's final, seventh-seeded Zvonareva will meet fourth seed Samantha Stosur of Australia.
Stosur, a renowned doubles player, came from 5-3 down in the second set to beat eighth-seeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova 6-3 7-6 in their semi-final.
The Australian, who broke into the top 10 for the first time after reaching the Indian Wells semi-finals last month, powered down eight aces to complete her victory in just under two hours.
(Writing by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by Pritha Sarkar and Ken Ferris; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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