Tennis

Wozniacki cruises to straight-sets win in 1st round at Malaysian Open

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 10:26 p.m. ET

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki avoided a repeat of her last appearance at the Malaysian Open - a first-round loss - by dispatching Chinese qualifier Wang Yafan 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday.

Wozniacki was bounced out in her Malaysian debut two years ago, but took no chances this time with an early break., and kept rolling.

No. 2-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany and No. 3 Casey Dellacqua of Australia were not so fortunate.

Lisicki, with 10 double faults, succumbed to Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 6-4, 7-5, and Dellacqua fell to wild card Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan 7-5, 2-6, 6-3. Hsieh also beat the Australian en route to the 2012 title.

Also advancing were seeds Jarmila Gajdosova, Klara Koukalova, ending a four-match losing streak, and Julia Goerges.

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