Caroline Wozniacki Attacked By Kangaroo At The Australian Open
Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 12:48AM 
After defeating Anastaja Sevastova 6-3, 6-4, Caroline Wozniacki had a surprising tale for the media at her press conference.
If you haven't been keeping track, after having a more personal Q & A at her last presser (because she heard that journalists found her boring), her pressers have now become highly anticipated, and she didn't disappoint today:
Q. What is the most exciting thing you've ever done? If it's illegal, we promise not to tell anyone.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: Uhm, embarrassing or just...
Q. Exciting.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: Exciting. I've done a lot of exciting things, I think. The most exciting? There are some things I just can't tell because it wouldn't look good (smiling).
Well, the other day I went to the park and I saw this kangaroo lying there. If you've seen, I'm playing with the thing on my shin here. It was lying there. So I wanted to go over and help it out. As I went over to it, it just started to be aggressive and it actually cut me. So I think that's pretty exciting. But I learned my lesson and I just started running away.
Q. You went to help it out? You thought it was dying or something?
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: I thought I was going to be nice and try to help it out because it was just lying there. I thought maybe it needed some help. I wanted to take it up and maybe bring it somewhere.
Q. It was a baby?
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: It wasn't big. It was a baby. I just wanted to help it out. I found out that I shouldn't do that.
Q. Scratch you pretty good?
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: Yeah, it scratched me pretty well. That's why I'm playing with this tape on my shin.
Q. Did you go to the doctor?
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: Yeah, I went to the doctor. They cleaned it and everything. They wanted to do a few stitches. I said, There's no way you're going to do stitches. I just told them to glue it together. I'm playing with the Steri Strips. It's looking fine. So everyone is happy.
Q. You've done a lot of boxing. Did you think about boxing the kangaroo as it took a swing at you?
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: I'm sure that was ready for some boxing. I like boxing.
It looked so cute. But once it started scratching me, I was a coward and I run away.
Q. It wasn't a park near your hotel in the city?
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: No, it was just a little bit outside of the city. We were just outside with some friends because we have a lot of friends here. They wanted to show me around the park. There was a kangaroo that didn't want to be nice to me.
The media apparently bought it, but later she posted this on her Twitter account:
[OnTheGoTennis]
Apparently the media can't take a joke. Caroline had to go back and have another press conference apologizing for telling her tall tale. They are calling it:
Kangaroo Gate!
Oh Media, Oh My
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