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Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki was upset by Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova(Image) 6-3, 6-3 in her opening match at the Sydney International on Tuesday in another setback for her Australian Open preparations.
The defeat follows two straight-sets losses by Wozniacki to No. 2-ranked Vera Zvonareva and U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters in exhibition events in Singapore and Hong Kong last week.
Zvonareva also had an upset defeat Tuesday, losing 7-5, 7-5 to Italy's Flavia Pennetta.
Cibulkova, ranked 32nd, converted four of six break opportunities, while Wozniacki broke her opponent only once in the second-round match. Woznicki had a bye in the first round.
"Definitely it's a bit tough to go from Hong Kong to Sydney and play really well here," Wozniacki said. "But I felt pretty good out there. Just wasn't my day. At the start of the new season, you always need to get into the match play."
Wozniacki, the first top-seeded woman to lose her opening match at the Sydney International since 2003, said she would head to Melbourne as soon as possible to finish fine-tuning for the Australian Open, which begins Monday.
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