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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Top-ranked tennis player Caroline Wozniacki was among those travelling into the storm Saturday. After playing and winning the New Haven Open in Connecticut, she headed into New York for next weeks U.S. Open. Wozniacki and Czech qualifier Petra Cetkovska began play shortly after 1 p.m. local time outside at the Connecticut Tennis Center on the Yale campus, a start time that was moved from 5 p.m. in the hopes of avoiding the effects of the storm. The match was just 14 minutes old when officials suspended play because of the rain from the outer bands of the hurricane. The delay lasted for about one hour 40 minutes in the first set. The players returned to the court for what officials predicted would be a 1 1-2-hour window for tennis and Wozniacki won in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1, her fourth consecutive title at Yale. The tournament had made contingency plans to move the match inside to Yales Cullman-Heyman tennis centre if the rain got in the way, and both players warmed up in the building, just in case. "I was like, OK, it looks like its going to start raining, lets go indoors so we can go to New York," Wozniacki said. "We got a window and were able to finish. It was nice to play outside, in front of the crowd." Tournament officials brought in cranes overnight to remove the two-ton scoreboards from the top of the tennis stadium and replaced them with two smaller scoreboards courtside. Tournament director Anne Worcester said she also allowed vendors to leave early, tearing down tents and anything else that couldnt handle hurricane-force winds. "It was just a miracle that we got that final in," Worcester said. "If we had pulled the players one more time, we were going indoors. I wasnt going to pull them, wait and them maybe go back out, maybe go indoors. We were definitely going indoors." Both players kept their post-game interviews short and left immediately for New York. "They said the rain and the wind should be coming only tomorrow," Cetkovska said. "So we would like to get safe to the hotel as soon as possible." Wozniacki said they never considered staying in Connecticut or flying somewhere else until the hurricane passed. "Were checking the radars all the time," she said. "It looks OK now that its OK to go down there. Were going to be safe inside tonight." cheap nfl jerseys china . Louis Cardinals look to build off a big win over Philadelphia last night when they turn their attention to the Toronto Blue Jays Friday in the opener of a three-game interleague series at Busch Stadium. wholesale nfl jerseys . Joseph started last week in place of Steven Jyles and went 17-of-27 for 311 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in a 31-30 loss to the Stampeders. http://www.nfljerseyschinacheapwholesale.com/. Billia made 40 saves as Quebec beat Ontario 2-1 on Wednesday to move on to a semifinal game against the United States. cheap jerseys . "I apologize first and foremost to the players, to the organization and to the league," Tortorella told reporters in Detroit Monday morning. nfl jerseys china . Canada shot an efficient 55 per cent (42-77) from the field, led by Nirra Fields of Lachine, Que., who scored a game-high 19 points. Korissa Williams from Windsor, Ont., and Diana Lee of North Vancouver, B.MELBOURNE, Australia -- Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany has withdrawn from the Australian Open with a strained left hamstring. The No. 21-seeded Kohlschreiber withdrew Tuesday morning before his scheduled first-round match against Slovenian Aljaz Bedene. He was replaced in the draw by Frenchman Stephane Robert, a lucky loser from quaalifying.dddddddddddd On the womens side, Polona Hercog of Slovenia also retired after losing the first game of her match against 25th-seeded Alize Cornet of France. A reason for her withdrawal was not immediately given. Three players retired during mens matches on Monday, including No. 12-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany. ' ' '
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