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Friday 26 OctOber 2018

GOLDEN

STATEMENT

Caroline Wozniacki of Den-
mark celebrates after winning
against Petra Kvitova of the
Czech Republic during their
women's singles match at the
WTA tennis finals in Singapore,
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018.
Associated Press

Former No. 1

Wozniacki has
rheumatoid

arthritis

By SANDRA HARWITT
Associated Press
SINGAPORE (AP) — Caro-
line Wozniacki was diag-
nosed with rheumatoid ar-
thritis before the U.S. Open,
the Danish tennis player
revealed at the WTA Finals
on Thursday.
She made the announce-
ment after being elimi-
nated from the year-end
competition following a
5-7, 7-5, 6-3 loss to Elina
Svitolina in her third round-
robin match.
"It turns out that I have
an autoimmune disease,
rheumatoid arthritis, which
goes in and attacks your
joints," she said. "When the
body has a lot of fluids in it
and you swell up, you get
tired, you get exhausted,
all these things.
"In the beginning, it was a
shock. You feel like you're
the fittest athlete out there. Stephen Curry dazzles for 51
That's what I'm known for,
and all of a sudden you
have this to work with." points in sensational start
The 28-year-old Wozniacki
won her first Grand Slam
title at the 2018 Australian
Open. She briefly recap-
tured the No. 1 ranking af- Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry celebrates a score against the Washington Wizards during the second half of an NBA basket-
ter a six-year wait. ball game, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in Oakland, Calif.
Associated Press
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