2011 Australian Open: Justine Henin, Caroline Wozniacki cruise into Aussie third round
Updated: January 19, 2011, 12:46 AM ET
MELBOURNE, Australia — Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with an emphatic 6-1, 6-0 win over American Vania King on Wednesday as her first major atop the rankings continued to gather momentum.
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The 20-year-old Danish player was never troubled in the 58-minute match, breaking 88th-ranked King’s serve to finish it off and reach the third round for a 13th consecutive Grand Slam tournament. She has yet to win a major but has held the No. 1 ranking since October and can retain it by reaching the semifinals here.
To get to the semis, she might have to beat seven-time Grand Slam winner Justine Henin, who continued her comeback from injury with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Elena Baltacha of Britain on center court.
The pair could meet in the quarterfinals. Henin will have to get through a tough match against two-time major winner Svetlana Kuznetsova just to get past the third round. The 23rd-seeded Kuznetsova beat Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus 6-1, 6-4.
“I have a lot of good memories, nearly all good memories, from Melbourne,” stated Henin, the 2004 Australian champion and runner-up here in 2006 and last year, when she was returning from a career break from the tour.
Her comeback was stalled after Wimbledon — she could not play because of an elbow injury — and she is making another return of sorts at Melbourne Park.
“I’ve been fighting hard the last few months and it’s great to be back in Australia,” Henin said.
Three women could finish the tournament at No. 1. Kim Clijsters and Vera Zvonareva are the others, and they opened with straight-sets first-round wins on Tuesday.
In other action Wednesday, eighth-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-4.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
source : sports.espn.go.com
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