AS A form guide to Wimbledon, the sole relevance of yesterday's finals in the Aegon International event at Eastbourne lay in the performance of Caroline Wozniacki, the 18-year-old Danish player, seeded ninth for the Championships and regarded as a dark horse this year and a potential future champion.
Conditions on the coast were windy and cold as Wozniacki, who won the girls' title at Wimbledon in 2006, defeated Virginie Razzano of France 7-6 (7-5) 7-5, but in truth she showed little of the consistency and steel required to prevail over the next fortnight.
With the women employing almost identical styles and tactics, there was little to separate them during an error-strewn first set. Wozniacki was fortunate to break Razzano's service in the sixth game when