MELBOURNE, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Kim Clijsters crushed Maria Elena 6-0, 6-0 on Thursday to join Venus Williams, Roger Federer and Juan Carlos Ferrero in the third round of the Australian Open.
Clijsters needed just 50 minutes as she continues to recover from an injury suffered earlier this month at the Hopman Cup.
"You know, it doesn't happen every day that you can have matches like this," said Clijsters, a former world No. 1 who reached the semifinals at all four Grand Slams last year.
Williams rolled past former junior No. 1 Vera Douchvina of Russia, 6-4, 6-2.
Federer, the men's No. 2 seed, easily beat qualifier Jeff Morrison of the United States, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, and Ferrero topped Filippo Volandri, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5.
Other winners were David Nalbandian, Tim Henman, Jiri Novak, Lleyton Hewitt, Mark Philippoussis, Anastasia Myskina, Chanda Rubin, and Paola Suarez.
Among the seeded losers were No. 8 Ai Sugiyama of Japan and No. 14 Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi of Israel.
