MELBOURNE – At least Caroline Wozniacki won’t have to answer questions about her world No. 1 ranking anymore.
Wozniacki, who has spent 67 of the last 68 weeks atop the world rankings despite never winning a major championship, lost in straight sets to defending Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters in the quarterfinals in Melbourne on Tuesday.
The 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) decision means Clijsters still has a chance to become the eighth women’s player to successfully defend the Australian Open title and also ensures a new world No. 1 by week’s end.
“I will get it back eventually, so I’m not worried,” Wozniacki said. “Critics talk to me like I’m finishing my career and I only have one year left and time is running out.
Forward Katie Batters scored two goals and one assist last week to help the Falcons win three of a possible four points and she has been named the NCHA Player of the Week according to league Sports Information Director Brian Manahan.
In Friday’s 5-3 win at Hunt Arena, she picked up the first assist on the team’s third goal of the game that came at 16:58 of the third period. That goal gave the Falcons a 3-2 lead at the time. In Saturday’s 2-2 overtime tie at Eau Claire, she scored both of the team’s goals. She scored at 8:02 and 19:06 of the first period. Both goals drew the Falcons to even in the contest.
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Daniel Alfredsson has been captain of the Ottawa Senators since 1999-2000.
Ottawa Senators winger Daniel Alfredsson was named captain and Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara got the other position.
Alfredsson, 39, is the longest-serving captain in the NHL (1999-2000) and is a lifelong Senators player, winning rookie of the year in Ottawa in 1995-96.
Chara developed into a star in Ottawa after he arrived in a 2001 trade, but Senators fans remember that he left the team in 2006 to sign a five-year free-agent deal with the Bruins.
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