WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki has advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.
The Dane defeeated the 29th-seeded Russian 7-5, 6-4 in just over an hour and a half on Saturday.
Broken in the opening game of the second set, Wozniacki saved two break points to avoid going down 0-3 before breaking Pavlyuchenkova in the fourth and final games of the set to advance.
The Russian was the more aggressive of the pair but served six double faults and made 28 unforced errors to Wozniacki’s 16.
It’s the second time Wozniacki has reached the fourth round here.
She will face unseeded Czech Petra Kvitova, who upset 14th-seeded Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-0.