 Caroline Wozniacki is closing in on the world number one spot |
Caroline Wozniacki cruised into the third round of the Pan Pacific Open with a victory over Greta Arn. The Danish top seed, who withdrew from last year's tournament through illness, thrashed the Hungarian 6-1 6-3. "It's nice for me to get through this one," said world number two Wozniacki. "It's a really fast court and you need to just be focused all the way." Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm celebrated her 40th birthday by beating Daniela Hantuchova to reach the third round. The former world number four, who stunned defending champion Maria Sharapova in the first round, delighted the home crowd with a 2-6 6-0 4-0 after her Slovakian opponent retired with a shoulder injury. "It's a miracle I was able to stand up after yesterday's match," said Date Krumm. "Maybe some luck rubbed off on me because it was my birthday."  | 606: DEBATE |
Elsewhere, US Open finalist Vera Zvonareva of Russia overpowered Italian Sara Errani 6-3 6-3 and fifth seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 7-5, 6-3. "I always believe if I play my best tennis I can beat anyone," said second seed Zvonareva. "I can't wait for what's next." It was a good day for the German contingent with Andrea Petkovic sealing a surprise 6-3 7-5 victory over 2009 French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, and Julia Goerges knocking out Samantha Stosur of Australia. Former Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli, the 11th seed from France, crushed Serb Ana Ivanovic 6-2 6-1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia set up a meeting with Wozniacki with a 6-2 6-1 win over Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine. Russian seventh seed Elena Dementieva and and eighth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus recorded easy victories over Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and Czech Lucie Safarova.
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