NEW YORK – New Yorkers are no strangers to comeback stories. They cheered as a hobbled Willis Reed limped on the court in Game 5 of the 1970 NBA Finals to help lift the Knicks to their first title, and roared as the Giants strung together an improbable two-minute drive late in Super Bowl XLII to knock off the undefeated Patriots. That’s what makes unseeded Caroline Wozniacki’s resurgence at this year’s U.S. Open so fitting.
Wozniacki, who advanced to the semifinals in New York after a dominant 6-0, 6-2 win over Anastasija Sevastova, is from Denmark, but aligns herself with the people of New York.