World Sport News

World ranked leader Caroline Wozniacki can continue to hope for her first Grand Slam title in Melbourne. The 27-year-old Dane entered the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a commanding 6-3,6-0 win over Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia/No. 19).

There, Wozniacki will meet the Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro on Tuesday. The world rankings-32. had prevailed against the Estin Anett Contacts 4:6,6:4,8:6 after 2:17 hours in 32nd position. Suarez Navarro is playing for the sixth time in a Grand Slam for a place in the semi-finals, but so far she has always failed this hurdle.

Wozniacki was almost eliminated in the second round. She was already trailing 1:5 and 15:40 in the third set against the Croatian Jana Fett, but she fought off both match points and went one round further. Last year, Wozniacki celebrated her greatest triumph so far at the WTA final in Singapore.