MELBOURNE, Jan 21 - Fourth seed Ana Ivanovic
advanced to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after she
saved two set points and overcame a stubborn Caroline Wozniacki
6-1 7-6 on Monday.
Ivanovic, who has not dropped a set in her march to the
quarter-finals, dominated the first set by smashing 15 winners
to Wozniacki's none and winning 76 percent of her first service
points.
After the pair held for two service games each in the
second set, the 17-year-old from Copenhagen finally broke the
world number three in the fifth game and held two set points in
the 10th, but Ivanovic broke to level the score at 5-5.
The Serb then held her own serve and had a match point on
Wozniacki's serve, but the young Dane managed to force a
tiebreak.
However, Ivanovic's experience held and she ran out a 7-2
tiebreak winner when Wozniacki's service return failed to clear
the net.
(Reporting by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Martin Petty)