Top seed Wozniacki into Australian Open second round

World number one Caroline Wozniacki moved smoothly through to the second round of the Australian Open with a straight-sets win over Anastasia Rodionova on Monday.

Wozniacki withstood an early barrage from the Australian before turning the screws to win 6-2, 6-1 in a solid workout.

The top seeded Dane was at her counter-punching best, absorbing an early blitz of winners from Rodionova and preying on any mistakes to demoralise her opponent.

Wozniacki has been criticised for not having any 'killer' shots, but her superb court movement and ability to get balls back into play were more than enough to defeat Rodionova, who grew ragged as the match went on.

The only time Rodionova was able to put any pressure on Wozniacki was when she had two break points at 2-3 in the first set.

But Wozniacki was able to save both to begin a run of nine consecutive games. She now goes on to meet Georgia's Anna Tatishvili in the second round.