Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki eased into the semi-final of the New Haven Open as she blew away Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets.
The Danish third seed has won the New Haven title for four years running and has never lost a match at the tournament.
That unblemished record never looked like disappearing against Cilbulkova, despite the fact Wozniacki later revealed she had been suffering with a knee injury during the match.
Having taken the first set 6-2, Wozniacki felt a twinge in her right knee in the first game of the second and called the trainer.
Having had the knee wrapped, the Dane continued and showed no ill effects as she closed out a thoroughly one-sided 6-2 6-1 success.
However, Wozniacki revealed she would have the knee assessed once again before deciding whether to compete in the semi-finals on Friday.
"You need to judge whether you can continue or you cannot," she explained. "You need to judge whether it's going to get worse or not.
"It's all decisions you need to make yourself, decisions that are important because you don't want to suffer long-term injury - doesn't matter what tournament it is."
If she does opt to play, Wozniacki will face Russian seventh seed Maria Kirilenko who was an equally convincing 6-1 6-2 winner against Olga Govortsova of Belarus.
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