Australian Open: Caroline Wozniacki beats Simona Halep to win maiden Grand Slam

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki celebrates with the Australian Open trophy after beating Simona Halep 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4 in the final on Saturday. (REUTERS)

Updated on: Jan 27, 2018 6:28 PM IST

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Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki celebrates with the Australian Open trophy after beating Simona Halep 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4 in the final on Saturday. (REUTERS)

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Caroline Wozniacki poses with the Australian Open trophy after beating Simona Halep in the women’s singles final on Saturday. (REUTERS)

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Caroline Wozniacki celebrates winning her match against Simona Halep in the Australian Open women’s singles final. (REUTERS)

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Caroline Wozniacki interacts with Billie Jean King during the Australian Open victory ceremony as women’s singles runner-up Simona Halep looks on. (REUTERS)

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Caroline Wozniacki in full flow during the seesaw Australian Open women’s singles final against Simona Halep on Saturday. (AFP)

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Caroline Wozniacki, the eventual winner, took a medical break as well, in the third set, before stepping up her game and beat Simona Halep in the gruelling Australian Open final in Melbourne on Saturday. (AFP)

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Simona Halep dominated proceedings in the match too, winning the second set and leading in the decider before losing to Caroline Wozniacki in the Australian Open final on Saturday. (AFP)

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Caroline Wozniacki hits a return against Romania's Simona Halep during the first set of their women's singles final match on day 13 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Saturday. (AFP)

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Simona Halep brought out her A game during the Australian Open final against Caroline Wozniacki, who prevailed in the marathon match. (AFP)

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Ultimately, it all boiled down to fitness in the final set of the women’s singles summit clash between Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki. Halep is seen here trying to cool things during the match. (AFP)