Wozniacki breezes into round 3 with easy win over Garbin

No. 3 seed, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, had an easy victory over unseeded, No. 56 ranked Tathiana Garbin of Italy. Caroline took the match in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.

Caroline had little trouble against Tathiana, relying on her forehand to break five times in a one-sided contest. She wrapped up the win after just 68 minutes when Garbin fired a forehand long.

Caroline will now face No. 31 seed, Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania.

Wozniacki advances over Kudryavtseva at French Open

No. 3 seed, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark easily advanced to the second round today in Paris at the French Open. She handily defeated Alla Kudryavtseva from Russia in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3.

Caroline is playing with her right ankle taped after spraining it in the semifinals in Charleston on April 17. After returning to play, she lost 3 of her next 5 matches, then retired from her quarterfinal match in Warsaw last week. After her match today, Caroline had this to say about her ankle: “[My ankle] feels much better today. Yeah, I felt really good, actually… I’ve had good support in the tape, so I was really happy about that.”

Justine Henin Coming Back With A Vengeance

Justine Henin may well be back in full form after 15 months away from the tennis circuit. She is showing she still knows how to play as she works her way through the draw in the 2010 WTA Brisbane International tournament going on Jan. 4-10, 2010 in Brisbane, Australia.

Coming into the tournament unseeded, she faced a good challenge with the No. 2 seed, Nadia Petrova of Russia in the first round. Henin prevailed in a close match, 7-5, 7-5. She then took on unseeded 20 year-old Sesil Karatancheva of Bulgaria who had a two-year suspension for using drugs in 2005. Henin took her out 6-4, 6-3. In the Quarterfinals, Henin defeated 7th seed, Melinda Czink of Hungary in a very close 3-set match, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5).