Wozniacki, Henin into third round

MELBOURNE, Australia - Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with an emphatic 6-1, 6-0 win over American Vania King on Tuesday as her first major atop the rankings continued to gather momentum.

The 20-year-old Danish player was never troubled in the 58-minute match, breaking 88th-ranked King's serve to finish it off and reach the third round for a 13th consecutive Grand Slam tournament. She has yet to win a major, but has held the No. 1 ranking since October and can retain it by reaching the semifinals here.

To get to the semis, she might have to beat seven-time Grand Slam winner Justin Henin, who continued her comeback from injury with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Elena Baltacha of Britain on center court.

The pair could meet in the quarterfinals.

Three women could finish the tournament at No. 1. Kim Clijsters and Vera Zvonareva are the others, and they opened with straight sets first-round wins on Tuesday.

Clijsters had no charity for former No. 1-ranked Dinara Safina in a 6-0, 6-0 victory.

"I expect my opponent to come out and play their best tennis. She obviously didn't do that," said Clijsters, who has won the U.S. Open twice since returning to the tour from a break to have a child. "But my attitude still was there to try and finish it off and not let her get back in the match."

The first-round match involving Lleyton Hewitt, Clijsters' ex-fiancé, was altogether different - a 4-hour, 48-minute five-set loss to David Nalbandian

Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, the 2008 Australian Open finalist, came back from two sets down for the first time in his career in another late five-setter.

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