Caroline Wozniacki cruised into the 4th round of the 2012 Australian Open with a straight sets win over Monica Niculescu.
World No. 1 Wozniacki had little trouble against No. 32 ranked Niculescu, closing out the match 6-2, 6-2.
Niculescu broke serve when Wozniacki was serving for the match at 5-1, but it was too little too late. Wozniacki closed out the match on the next game, and completed the match in one hour 16 minutes.
Wozniacki had 23 winners and three aces in her third round victory.
Wozniacki has not dropped a set thus far in the tournament, and had only one set where an opponent scored more than two games.
In round one, Wozniacki defeated No. 103 ranked Anastasia Rodionova of Australia 6-2, 6-1, then downed No. 83 ranked Anna Tatishvili of Georgia 6-1, 7-6(7-4).
Wozniacki will play the winner of the third-round match between Christina McHale of the USA and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia. Jankovic is the tournament’s No. 13 seed.
