Caroline Wozniacki has heard enough from Danish tennis analyst Peter Bastiansen after he mocked her for considering a tennis comeback.
“It is now more than 20 years that Peter Bastiansen has bullied me and attacked my personality in the media and talked about things he has no understanding of,” Wozniacki, 35, wrote via her Instagram story on Tuesday, October 28. “Peter you’re a clown, and as a ‘tennis expert’ you should know the rules.”
Bastiansen, 63, told Danish outlet B.T. on Tuesday that it would be a “parody” and “deeply unserious” if Wozniacki were to take a wildcard spot in the Australian Open draw.
Though she hasn’t competed professionally in over a year, Wozniacki has not officially stepped away from the game for good.
“It can be difficult to keep track of [the rules] when you’ve never played at a high level yourself, but I have a frozen rating of 71st in the world, which means I don’t need WCs to get into the major tournaments,” Wozniacki continued. “After many years of hard training and top level tennis, I have the right to do what’s best for me and my family.”
Bastiansen, for his part, played in one grand slam event during his career, competing in the 1987 French Open. He added to B.T. that he doesn’t understand why Wozniacki hasn’t definitively announced her plans for the future.
“I can’t understand why she doesn’t announce it,” he said. “I mean, what’s the point of not doing so?”
Bastiansen added, “She’s never, ever coming back to top-level tennis. That ship has sailed. Why doesn’t she just say it? There’s nothing wrong or unnatural about that. All great sports stars make such announcements, so I just don’t get it.”
The field for the 2026 Australian Open will be announced later this year. The main draw of the tournament is scheduled to begin on January 18.
“I’ll fall off my chair if she signs up for the Australian Open in January,” Bastiansen said. “It will be a travesty if she does. It will simply be deeply frivolous. I can’t see why the organizers would bother giving her a wildcard.”
Bastiansen also responded to Wozniacki’s Instagram remarks, telling B.T. on Tuesday, “I won’t get into a war of words. I’ve said my piece before, and now she’s said hers — and she has every right to do so.”
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Wozniacki, who married former NBA player David Lee in 2019, initially announced her retirement in 2020. She made a brief comeback in 2023 after having daughter Olivia in 2021 and son James in 2022. The pair then welcomed son Max in July 2025.
“In recent months, I’ve realized that there is a lot more in life that I’d like to accomplish off the court,” she wrote via Instagram when she announced her retirement. “Getting married to David was one of those goals and starting a family with him while continuing to travel the world and helping raise awareness about rheumatoid arthritis (project upcoming) are all passions of mine moving forward. So with that, today I am announcing that I will be retiring from professional tennis after the Australian Open in January.”