LONDON: Elena Rybakina overpowered former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-0, 6-1 to blast her way into the Wimbledon fourth round on Saturday, dropping just one game in a brutal display.
The opening set went by in a flash as Rybakina came out firing on all cylinders and only a short mid-match break while the Court One roof was slid across slowed her down.
Playing at the grass-court major for the first time in five years after coming out of retirement following the birth of her two children, Wozniacki offered a little more resistance when play resumed.
But the 33-year-old never looked like turning the tide against the 2022 champion.
The Moscow-born Kazakh fired down nine aces and struck 36 winners in 57 minutes of one-sided action and appears to have her eyes fixed firmly on a second Wimbledon title.
She is in the fourth round for the fourth successive year where she will face 17th seed Anna Kalinskaya.