Stephanie Dubois and Aleksandra Wozniak breezed through their opening matches to lift Canada over the Bahamas in Fed Cup women's tennis play on Thursday night at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal.
Dubois, of Laval, Que., lost only five points in the second set of a quick, 45-minute 6-0, 6-0 victory over 16-year-old Kerrie Cartwright in the first singles match.
Blainville, Que., native Wozniak, Canada's top-ranked player at 32nd in the world, was marginally more challenged in a 6-0, 6-2 victory over harder-serving Nikkita Fountain. That gave Canada an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the best-of-three tie with a doubles match still to be played.
Fountain, who is not part of any regular tour, broke Wozniak's service to open the second set and then held service for 2-2, but the Canadian recovered and closed out the match.
"She started being more aggressive, and I'm playing indoors here after the Australian Open, so it's a new surface, but I think I picked it up," said Wozniak, who has been nursing a hamstring injury. "I just needed to give it all I can on court. I need more matches under my belt to get my rhythm back."
Canada is 1-0 in round robin play in its three-team group and needs a win over Puerto Rico on Friday night to book a spot in the final of the Fed Cup Americas Zone I event on Saturday afternoon.
