Wozniacki cruises into quarterfinals of Korea Open

Friday, September 21, 2012 - Seoul—Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark cruised into the quarterfinals of the Korea Open on Thursday by beating Caroline Garcia of France, 6-2, 6-3.

Wozniacki will face Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic, who defeated Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 7-6 (6).

Varvara Lepchenko of the United States ousted Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-4, 6-1. Ekaterina Makarova of Russia also reached the quarterfinals by beating Jamie Hampton of the United States 6-3, 7-5.

Meanwhile, Fourth-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany advanced to the quarterfinals of the Moselle Open, beating James Blake 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday.

Mayer broke the American in the ninth game of the deciding set and served out for the victory. He will next meet fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy or Frenchman Vincent Millot.

Seppi reached the second round with a 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-4 win over Croatia’s Ivan Dodig in a scrappy match which saw 14 breaks of serve overall.

Later, top seed and defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France plays countryman Clement Reix in the second round.

In remaining first-round matches, American Jesse Levine beat Cedrik-Marcel Stebe of Germany 6-3, 6-2, and Michael Berrer of Germany advanced when Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic retired while trailing 6-4, 2-0.—AFP