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: “
Caroline hit 13 winners with only 9 unforced errors. Alla had 15 winners, but with 21 errors. Caroline converted 5 of 9 break points against Alla. Alla scored on only 1 of 5 break points against Caroline.
Caroline will play No. 56 ranked Tathiana Garbin of Italy in round 2 on Thursday.
