Elena Dementieva extended her winning streak to 12 matches with a comfortable 6-4 6-1 victory over Iveta Benesova in the Australian Open second round in Melbourne.
Dementieva, who is unbeaten in 2009 after claiming the Auckland and Sydney titles, said after her first-round victory over Kristina Barrois that her run of matches had made her a little fatigued and affected her performance.
The world number four made 23 unforced errors and served five double faults on the second show court but was still too strong for the world number 35, wrapping up the match in 72 minutes.
The Beijing Olympics gold medallist overpowered Benesova with 20 clear winners to the Czech's seven and will meet either Australia's Samantha Stosur or Germany's Sabine Lisicki, who play later on Thursday, in the third round.
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