KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — 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 wildcard Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan. 7-5, 2-6, 6-3. Hsieh also beat the Australian en route to her 2012 Kuala Lumpur title.
Also advancing were seeds Jarmila Gajdosova, Julia Goerges and Klara Koukalova (ending a four-match losing streak).