In-form Caroline Wozniacki started the defence of her WTA Hong Kong Open title in rampant style by blowing away Eugenie Bouchard 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday. Wozniacki, seeded three and a recent winner of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, dominated the first-round match as Bouchard was forced into a cascade of errors.
Wozniacki never looked remotely in trouble against the former golden girl of tennis, breaking her serve almost at will, and cruising to victory in only 58 minutes. "It was a great start," Wozniacki told reporters. "I feel like I played pretty well, tried to stay aggressive and tried to make her feel pressured and it worked," added the world number six. Venus Williams cruises
Second seed Venus Williams raced through her opening match 6-2, 6-2 against Japan's Risa Ozaki in just 74 minutes.It was an ideal way for Williams to shake off any rust in her first outing since losing to Sloane Stephens in the US Open semi-final a month ago. Williams punctuated the performance with some trademark power winners and sent down seven aces to overwhelm the world number 95. "Four weeks goes by pretty fast and the first match is never perfect," said Williams, who dropped her own serve twice.