APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY Sydney, Australia January 8-13, 2012 $637,000/Premier Hard/Outdoors
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Singles - Second Round (1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 75 26 64 (2) Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. (LL) Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 75 36 64 (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 64 62 (4) Li Na (CHN) d. (Q) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 26 64 61 (7) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 75 64 (8) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (WC) Jelena Dokic (AUS) 60 63 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 75 61 Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 61 20 ret. (heat illness) Doubles - First Round Kops-Jones/Spears (USA/USA) d. (3) Dulko/Pennetta (ARG/ITA) 64 75 (4) Kirilenko/Petrova (RUS/RUS) d. Bengson/Calderwood (AUS/AUS) 76(2) 64 Grandin/Uhlirova (RSA/CZE) d. Daniilidou/Tanasugarn (GRE/THA) 76(7) 62 (WC) Safarova/Zvonareva (CZE/RUS) d. Dushevina/Llagostera Vives (RUS/ESP) 63 64
On a hot Tuesday afternoon, world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki came back from the dead after trailing Dominika Cibulkova 4-0 in the third set. Wozniacki won the match 7-5 2-6 6-4 at the Apia International Sydney.
The Dane looked on the rack in the third set but her Slovakian opponent tensed up considerably as Wozniacki began to find her range, the top seed winning six games in a row to prevail.
