Tennis

Wozniacki serves up double bagel at US Open

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-09-03 11:00

NEW YORK - Top seed Caroline Wozniacki wasted no time on another hot and sunny day at the U.S. Open on Thursday, beating the heat with a 6-0 6-0 whitewash of unseeded Chang Kai-chen of Chinese Taipei to reach the third round.

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark serves to Chang Kai-Chen from Chinese Taipei during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 2, 2010.  [Photo/Agencies]

Wozniacki, runner-up last year to Kim Clijsters, barely broke a sweat as she hurried off the Arthur Ashe centre court after just 47 minutes against Chang, ranked 84th.

The 20-year-old Dane, who has a 16-1 record since Wimbledon with titles in Copenhagen, Montreal and New Haven, has dropped only two games at Flushing Meadows, beating American wildcard Chelsey Gullickson 6-1 6-1 in the first round.

Against Chang, Wozniacki registered only seven winners as she chose to work on grooving her groundstrokes while waiting for her 19-year-old opponent to misfire.

Chang, who lost in straight sets to Wozniacki in the second round at Wimbledon, won only 24 points in the match and committed 26 unforced errors including seven double faults.

Wozniacki, who also won at Ponte Vedra Beach this season, is gunning for her first grand slam singles title.

She would also prosper greatly with a Flushing Meadows triumph since she is eligible for a $1 million bonus by taking the title as overall winner of this summer's U.S. Open Series.

The world number two has not been tested yet at the National Tennis Center, but faces a potential fourth-round showdown with Russian Maria Sharapova, the 2006 Open winner.

Wozniacki will face another Taiwanese player in the third round in Chan Yung-jan, who advanced against Tamira Paszek of Austria.