The Red Wings also have won three times

SYDNEY, Australia -- Only days after her New Years Eve engagement to golfer Rory McIlroy, Caroline Wozniacki opened her 2014 season on Monday with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Julia Goerges of Germany in the first round of the Sydney International. Wozniacki withdrew from the Brisbane International last week after hurting her right shoulder in practice and struggled early against Goerges, who was replacing the injured Sloane Stephens in the draw. Another former No. 1, Jelena Jankovic, lost 6-4, 6-2 to Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the first round earlier Monday. Fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany beat Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 7-6 (5), 7-5 to move into the second round at the Sydney International, one of the last warm-up tournaments for the Australian Open. Kerber will next play Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, who beat American qualifier Victoria Duval 6-1, 6-3. In other first-round matches, Lucie Safarova beat 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-4 and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Eugenie Bouchard 6-4, 6-3. Also advancing was Lauren Davis, Varvara Lepchenko and Tsvetana Pironkova. On the comeback from a long layoff with a knee injury, Mattek-Sands had a first-round loss in Brisbane last week and went through three rounds of qualifying for Sydney. She next faces defending champion and No. 1-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska. "She reads the ball so early so its going to be a great battle," Mattek-Sands said of her second-round match. "But Im looking forward to it. This is why you train - its to play the best players in the world. So why not play the No. 1 seed?" The Hobart International had another injury setback Monday when fifth-seeded Flavia Pennetta withdrew citing a wrist injury, a day after Venus Williams pulled out following her run to the final at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. Top-seeded Samantha Stosur needed five match points before beating American qualifier Madison Brengle of the United States 6-7 (4), 6-1, 7-6 (5) in a match interrupted twice by rain, eighth-seeded Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia had a 7-5, 6-3 win over Annika Beck of Germany, and Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium advanced when Laura Robson retired in the second set. Robson won the first set 6-4, but was down a break at 2-0 when she retired in the second. In other first-round matches in Hobart, Spanish qualifier Estrella Cabeza Candela beat Karin Knapp of Italy 7-5, 6-4, Australian wild-card entry Casey Dellacqua beat Belgian qualifier Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4, 6-4 and Zhang Shuai had a 6-3, 6-1 win in an all-Chinese match against Zheng Jie. In Auckland, 21-year-old American Jack Sock, ranked 100, advanced to the second round of the ATPs Heineken Open with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Adrian Mannarino of France. 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After holding for a 4-3 win over Ottawa on Monday, the Wings had a much easier time beating the Flyers in Wednesdays tilt at Joe Louis Arena. Detroit scored three times in the second period en route to a 5-2 victory over Philadelphia, as Pavel Datsyuk celebrated his return to the lineup with a pair of goals. Datsyuk, who had missed the previous four games due to a groin injury, notched his sixth and seventh goals of the season. Despite missing half of Detroits games this season due to injury, the Russian star is still tied for third on the team with 13 points in only 11 contests. Stephen Weiss added a goal and assist for the Red Wings, winners in five of their last seven. Tomas Jurco and Henrik Zetterberg also lit the lamp and Darren Helm picked up a pair of assists to back a 22-save effort by Jimmy Howard. We stuck with it ... and had a good second period like the last game, said Weiss. The second perriods been setting us up nicely.dddddddddddd Detroit, which is 4-3-3 as the road team this season, has won two straight, five of seven and nine of its last 12 games against the Devils. The Red Wings also have won three times in their past five trips to New Jersey. The Devils enter Friday having lost two straight, four of five and eight of their last 11 games. New Jersey recently went 1-2-1 on a four-game road trip, with the only victory coming last Friday in Edmonton. New Jersey is 3-3-2 at home this season, but the club is only at the Prudential Center for one night before beginning a three-game road trip Saturday against the New York Islanders. The Devils were blanked in their most recent setback, dropping a 2-0 decision Tuesday evening in Vancouver. Ryan Miller stopped all 20 shots sent his way to record the shutout for the Canucks, while New Jersey goaltender Cory Schneider made 34 saves in a losing effort against his former team. I thought he was excellent, said Devils head coach Peter DeBoer of Schneider. He came and gave us a chance to get through the first 10 minutes and find our legs. Schneider, who has started 21 of New Jerseys 22 games this season, could get the call again tonight. He is 9-9-2 with a 2.56 goals against average this season, but is 1-4-0 with a 3.46 GAA in his career against Detroit. ' ' '