Number row seed, Caroline Wozniacki, who was two points from exiting the 2018 Aus Open in the second round, played Kiki Bertens (30) in a third round match on RLA night five.
Two winners from Kiki gave her break point in the opening game but Caroline saved it and then broke the Bertens serve to lead 2-0.
At 30-30 a clean winner helped Wozniacki to hold for 3-0.
Bertens finally was on the board at 1-3
Wozniacki held to love and Bertens managed a deuce game and it was 4-2.
Wozniacki was more comfortable on serve but at 5-3 she was the one broken, Bertens with a pair of forehand winners and forcing errors on the Wozniacki backhand.
Serving at 4-5, Kiki was broken to love, and the set went to Wozniacki 6-4.
Wozniacki opened set two with winning the first three games and looking odds on to taking the match.
Bertens was committing too many errors and saved a break point to prevent a 0-4 scenario.
2-5 arrived and Bertens held serve to stay in the match.
Wozniacki was primed to serve it out, but it was far from easy.
An 18 point game, with 6 deuces and 3 break points, but the second seed forced three successive errors on the Bertens backhand to win 6-4 6-3.
Next challenge Magdalena Rybarikova (19).
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