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Williams finished the calendar year today as she had reigned over women's
tennis, dismissing German Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 6-4 to enter the Brisbane
International quarter-finals. Williams was notably anxious
in the first eight games of the new season, but broke Petkovic's service game
in the ninth for 5-4 when the German netted a forehand volley. The world No.1 was playing in what
technically the first match of her 2014 season after a barnstorming 2013 in
which she built a colossal 78-4 win-loss record, lifting the French and US Open
crowns. And
former World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki has withdrawn from the Brisbane
International citing right shoulder soreness.The Danish star said she'd recently been troubled by pain in her shoulder,
particularly when serving, and was not ready to start her WTA season while the
issue persisted.
The tournament sixth seed is hopeful that intense treatment can help ease
the discomfort and
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