Wozniacki beats Lucic-Baroni in Linz

Caroline Wozniacki struggled to reach the second round at the Generali Ladies but eventually downed Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia in three sets.

Caroline Wozniacki is the only player among the top-five seeded women to reach the second round at the Generali Ladies after she rallied to beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 on Wednesday.

World No.11 Wozniacki, who is seeded second, went up 2-0 in the opening set but won only two points in the next five games.

She missed a set point at 5-4 in the second set but turned the match around in the tiebreaker.

Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia defeated third-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-1 6-7 (7-3) 6-1.

The 99th-ranked Krunic had six aces and won 10 of the first 13 games.

Top-seeded Lucie Safarova and fourth seed Andrea Petkovic both lost on Tuesday, while fifth-seeded Anna Karolina Schmiedlova withdrew because of illness.


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