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 | Wozniacki and Venus continue in the second round in Australia17-01-2011 |
Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) started to win his first Grand Slam tournament as a No. 1 world ranking. In the first round of the Australian Open tennis Wozniacki cope with 6:3, 6:4 over Hyseni Dulko (Argentina). For 20-year-old Dane is first win of the year after the tournament in Sydney fell in two sets of slovachkata Dominica Cibulkova and also fell in demonstration events in Hong Kong and in Singapore by Vera Zvonareva (Russia) and Kim Clijsters ( Belgium).
Seeded fifth-seeded Venus Williams of the tournament also continues in the second round of the tournament, eliminating Sarah Eran (Italy), 6:3, 6:2. Single American will defend the honor of Williams family of the first Grand Slam after Serena withdrew because of an injury in his leg.
Maria Sharapova won the first victory in Melbourne in 2008, a year ago, when the title triumph. At the start of the 2011 edition, a year removed Russian Thai veteran Tanasugarn Tamarino with 6:1, 6:3. Sharapova missed the 2009-year because of a shoulder injury and last year was removed from her compatriot Maria Kirilenko. Today, it felt quite serious difficulties in the second set and finished the match with 10 double faults and five aces. Once a rule like losing the first seyvis-game, Sharapova won everything else, bring the match to lead with 6:1 and 1:0 in the second set.
Open champion France Francesca Skiavone was pretty serious obstacles in the match with Arantxa Parra Santos (Spain) and won 6:7 (4:7), 6:2, 6:4.
Last year polufinalistka Li Na of China qualified for the second phase of the tournament after eliminating oriented SwedishSofia Arvidsson while.
Number 15-seeded Marion Bartoli of tournament discarded in the first round another Italian Tatiana Garbin, with 6:0, 6:0. Number 20 Kayya Kanepi (Estonia) and No. 29 Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) also continued in the second round. Kanepi side fellow of Magdalene Cibulkova Ribarikova with 2:6, 6:4, 6:3. Cibulkova did Germany's Angelique Kerber discarded with 6:2, 6:7 (4:7), 6:4.