Charleston: An early exit at the Sony Open and a postponed humanitarian trip to Haiti left Caroline Wozniacki with a big hole in her schedule - something she was glad to fill with a trip to the Family Circle Cup. The 2011 Family Circle champion won her sixth straight match here with a dominating 6-1, 6-1 victory over Silvia Soler-Espinosa on Wednesday.
The second-seeded Wozniacki didn't count on getting ousted from her last event in Key Biscayne, Fla., in the round of 32. Then boyfriend Rory McIlroy delayed a mission visit this week that she planned to attend so he could tee it up at the Valero Texas Open and prep for the year's upcoming first major championship at the Masters next week.
She entered as a wildcard on Saturday, two days before the Family Circle kicked off. "I was not playing matches and thought I'd basically have four weeks off" until playing at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, later this month, she said. "So I just decided this would be a great week for me. We'll just see how it goes."
It went very well for Wozniacki on Billie Jean King Court. She won seven straight games during one stretch, overpowering Soler-Espinosa with her 100 mph serves. She broke Soler-Espinosa twice to win the final five games of the opening set. Wozniacki continued to use her big serves - she took a 3-1 lead in the second set on a 111 mph ace
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