Wozniacki off to an easy start
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August 27, 2010, Friday
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CAROLINE Wozniacki's Pan Pilot title defense and final warmup for the US Open opened smoothly on Wednesday with a clinical 6-4, 6-1 second round win over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.
Wozniacki, who will be top seed at Flushing Meadows in lieu of injured world No. 1 Serena Williams, has been in superb form on the North American hardcourts and arrived in New Haven after her victory at the Montreal Cup earlier this week.
Despite being forced to play a semifinal and final at the rain-hit Montreal event on Monday, the 20-year-old Dane appeared fresh and needed just over 80 minutes to set up a quarterfinal meeting with Flavia Pennetta.
The seventh seeded Italian edged past Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-3, 6-2.
Russian fourth seed Elena Dementieva had to battle her way into the last eight with a tough 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 win over Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko while sixth-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli crushed Australia's Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 6-1.
Dementieva says she rested for four weeks after tearing a left calf muscle during the French Open and is excited about getting in more matches before next week's US Open.
In the men's draw, top seed Marcos Baghdatis rallied for a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela to earn a quarterfinal spot. Baghdatis had problems with his serve in the opening set, dropping all three of his service games, but the Cypriot recovered to break Chela's serve four times over the final two sets. James Blake's troubles continued as the American surrendered meekly to seventh seed Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 4-6, 2-6.
Wozniacki, who will be top seed at Flushing Meadows in lieu of injured world No. 1 Serena Williams, has been in superb form on the North American hardcourts and arrived in New Haven after her victory at the Montreal Cup earlier this week.
Despite being forced to play a semifinal and final at the rain-hit Montreal event on Monday, the 20-year-old Dane appeared fresh and needed just over 80 minutes to set up a quarterfinal meeting with Flavia Pennetta.
The seventh seeded Italian edged past Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-3, 6-2.
Russian fourth seed Elena Dementieva had to battle her way into the last eight with a tough 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 win over Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko while sixth-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli crushed Australia's Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 6-1.
Dementieva says she rested for four weeks after tearing a left calf muscle during the French Open and is excited about getting in more matches before next week's US Open.
In the men's draw, top seed Marcos Baghdatis rallied for a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela to earn a quarterfinal spot. Baghdatis had problems with his serve in the opening set, dropping all three of his service games, but the Cypriot recovered to break Chela's serve four times over the final two sets. James Blake's troubles continued as the American surrendered meekly to seventh seed Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 4-6, 2-6.
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