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Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, gets her hair caught in her racket as she tries to return a shot to Aliaksandra Sasnovich, of Belarus, during the second round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, gets her hair caught in her racket as she tries to return a shot to Aliaksandra Sasnovich, of Belarus, during the second round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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August 28, 2014 - 9:02 am
 

NEW YORK — Blame it on the hair.

Caroline Wozniacki got her blond braid caught in her racket while hitting a forehand in her second-round U.S. Open match Wednesday against Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and she gamely tried to hit a backhand on the next shot, with her hair still entangled.

“I almost took my head off,” Wozniakci told reporters later. “It was really tangled up good, so I didn’t have a chance.”

Wozniacki lost the point, but she didn’t lose her sense of humor. Once she got her hair and her racket separated, she had no choice but to laugh at herself.

The 24-year-old Dane, seeded 10th, went on to win 6-3, 6-4, and she later tweeted a clip of the entanglement to her 675,000 followers. Wozniacki explained that such snags used to happen all the time before she started braiding her hair, but this was the first post-braid incident.

“It’s one of those things,” she said. “Us women, we keep it interesting.”

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