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Caroline Wozniacki Has Rheumatoid Arthritis But Is Still Hungry to Stay Elite




Caroline Wozniacki revealed to reporters that she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis prior to this year’s U.S. Open and since then the Dane has worked with doctors and started a treatment plan. The 2018 Australian Open champion revealed the news after her season ended on Thursday with a three-set loss to Elina Svitolina.

"In the beginning, it was a shock, just you feel like you're the fittest athlete out there, or that's in my head, that's what I'm known for, and all of a sudden you have this to work with," Wozniacki told reporters.

The former World No.1 has an upbeat attitude about the autoimmune disease that causes fatigue and swelling in the joints. She said that she didn’t talk about her diagnosis until after the season because she didn’t want to give her opponents an edge over her.

Wozniacki says she felt symptoms of fatigue after Wimbledon and was troubled this summer in Montreal when she endured a morning in which she couldn’t lift her arms over her head. The 29-year-old says she still has trouble getting out of bed sometimes these days, but had her confidence that she could continue playing elite tennis bolstered when she won her third title of the year at Beijing a few weeks ago.

“You have to believe in yourself and you have to believe you can do it,” Wozniacki told reporters. "Obviously winning in Beijing was huge. It also gave me the belief that nothing is going to set me back. I'm going to work with this and this is how it is, and I can do anything.”

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