Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak wins Fed Cup opener against Serbia’s Vesna Dolonc

MONTREAL – Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak beat Serbia’s Vesna Dolonc 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in World Group II action at the Fed Cup on Saturday.

Wozniak’s win gives Canada a 1-0 lead over the Serbs in the first-round tie at Montreal’s Claude-Robillard Sports Complex.

Wozniak, ranked No. 274 on the WTA Tour, was up 5-3 and serving for the win in the final set, 117th-ranked Dolonc broke the Montreal native’s serve to prolong the match.

But Wozniak recovered, forcing Dolonc to miss the baseline on set point to take the 10th and deciding game.

Down 1-5 in the first set, Wozniak made adjustments to her game and began dictating the run of play. She won the next five games, breaking Dolonc’s serve twice in the process, to take a 6-5 lead.

In the deciding game, Wozniak completed the comeback when Dolonc hit the net to double fault on set point.

Dolonc handily took the second set 6-2, breaking Wozniak’s serve on three occasions.

Wozniak beat 24-year-old Dolonc in straight sets in their only previous encounter in the first round of last year’s U.S. Open.

The winner of the tie will have the opportunity to advance from the World Group II into the World Group, which includes the world’s eight best teams.

Eugenie Bouchard, ranked No. 19, was scheduled to play No. 149 Jovana Jaksic later Saturday.