Justine Henin booked her place in the third round of the Australian Open after she claimed a 7 -5 7-6 ( 8-6 ) victory over third seed Elena Dementieva . Fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters came through in straight sets - 6 , 6 -3 - in her clash with Belgian veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn . Seventh seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus cruised to a routine 6-2 6-0 victory over France 's Stephanie Cohen-Aloro while Russian Vera Zvonareva eased past Slovakian Kristina Kucova by the same margin . Third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova recorded a 6-2 6-2 victory over fellow Thai Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova .
Justine Henin booked her place in the third round of the Australian Open after she claimed a 7 -5 7-6 ( 8-6 ) victory over third seed Elena Dementieva . Fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters came through in straight sets - 6 , 6 -3 - in her clash with Belgian veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn . Third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova recorded a 6-2 6-2 victory over fellow Thai Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova .