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Wozniacki advances in Sydney

Only days after her New Year’s Eve engagement to golfer Rory McIlroy, Caroline Wozniacki opened her 2014 season yesterday with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Julia Goerges of Germany in the first round of the Sydney International in Australia.

Another former No. 1, Jelena Jankovic, lost 6-4, 6-2 to Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the first round.

Fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany beat Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 7-6 (5), 7-5 to move into the second round, one of the last warm-up tournaments ahead of the Australian Open next week.

Kerber will next play Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, who beat American qualifier Victoria Duval 6-1, 6-3.

In other first-round matches, Lucie Safarova beat 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-4 and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Eugenie Bouchard 6-4, 6-3.

Also advancing was Lauren Davis, Varvara Lepchenko and Tsvetana Pironkova.

Mattek-Sands next faces defending champion and top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska.

 


 

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