McIlroy & Wozniacki court pain for success

It is no wonder then that Rory McIlroy and Caroline Wozniacki have courted success to help ease the pain of their separation.

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Rory and Caroline in happier times

Special Feature by Anand Datla

 

Sport has no place for men and women who live on half measures. You could perhaps survive, fumbling from one week to another learning the art of defeat. Victory though embraces only those that surrender their lives and everything in it at the altar of their chosen vocation. It is no wonder then that Rory McIlroy and Caroline Wozniacki have courted success to help ease the pain of their separation.

 

The Ulsterman recorded his third major victory at Hoylake when he clinched a career defining victory at the Open Championships. The Dane settled for relatively lighter metal, but her victory at Istanbul was no less important.

 

The pain of separation is as good a test of character, as you may find outside of war and sport. We may never really learn of the machinations that resulted in the shocking separation of these two wonderful athletes. Be that as it may, the manner of the separation with all its drama surrounding the three minute telephone conversation just hours after distributing their wedding invitations must have left deep scars on their young souls.

 

Fortunately though, both McIlroy and Wozniacki seem to have benefited from the luxury of slipping back into the warm embrace of their respective professions. While the man from Ireland showed he was unperturbed by taking the title at Wentworth during the very week of the split, Wozniacki took a little longer to settle her emotions.

 

It took a first round exit from the French Open and a fourth round departure from Wimbledon to ease Wozniacki back into the winners circle. The Dane played her consistent best again in Turkey to clinch the 22nd title of her career, to suggest that she may finally be ready to move on from the heart break.

 

McIlroy was dominant at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, leading from start to finish as he marched imperiously toward the first Claret Jug of an already impressive career. Sergio Garcia tested him severely in the end – cutting his lead from seven to two on the final stretch – but McIlroy held his composure to come through in the end.

 

The split may have been a painful decision, the manner in which it was effected could perhaps have been better. But it appears that these two top quality professionals have the mettle to bury the past and soar into the future on the wings of their sporting aspirations. Every cloud has a silver lining, so it is too with the misery of the separation of these young lovers.

 

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