Wozzilroy 2.0 is not too far off.
Caroline Wozniacki seeks motivation to work back to No. 1, rehires father as coach
Tennis World quoted Caroline Wozniacki, or the Mrs. Rory McIlroy if that's easier, in an interview with Lime magazine that she has no qualms about retiring to start a family with her new golf star husband.
"I want to be a relatively young mother, and I do not see it as being too far in the future," Wozniacki told Lime as Tennis World reported. "I have always even been like that I would even want to bring up my children. Therefore, I have no dream to make my mark. Instead, I enjoy economic freedom (that) my hard work has given me. It means that I can give my children the best start in life by being there 100 percent for them."
Wozniacki, who ascended to the top of the women's tennis rankings at the end of 2010 through all of 2011, currently is ranked 14th and has just a 14-7 match-play record in 2014.
Caroline Wozniacki insists career not in crisis
In March, she announced that her father, Piotr, was going to assume coaching duties again after her quick split from former Maria Sharapova mentor Thomas Hogstedt. Wozniacki also mentioned money when talking about her struggles to regain her No. 1 form - which she had for 67 weeks despite never having won a Grand Slam event.
"I'm in a situation where I do not have to think about money, everything I achieve from now on is just a plus. It's about enjoying it, you only live once," she said. "When you start playing, everything is new and it's easy to find the motivation. Now, it's about finding the desire to play - and if you don't have that, you may as well give up."
In February, Wozniacki insisted that her career was fine despite being bounced from the third round of the Australian Open.
Wozniacki, who has won 21 career matches, sounds as if she may be ready to see what kind of life exists beyond tennis, now that she's no longer flying solo. She said that the separate schedules she and McIlroy keep help them cherish the time they have together.
"We try to get our calendars to fit together," she told Lime as Tennis World reported. "I think it helps that we both have something to take us to where we do not see each other and that we both are dealing with something that we are passionate about. When we are in our respective tournaments, we focus there, and so are missed, not so great. And so we learn to be better at appreciating the time we have when we are finally together."
That is not her approach when she wants to start a family.
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