Chinese Li Na joined title contenders Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis to cruise into the third round of Australian Open here on Thursday.

The 25-year-old took 65 minutes to breeze past Spaniard L. Dominguez Lino 6-0, 6-2 after both Clijsters and Hingis completed their comfortable wins.

"I think I played quite well today, " said the Wimbledon quarter-finalist.

"It's my first time to play against her and I feel pretty good with it. I just played my own game as my coach told me before the match.

"She is not as aggressive as yesterday's Bovina. I think she didn't push much on me," said the No. 19 seed who beat the Russian veteran Elena Bovina 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round on Wednesday.

The Chinese woman will play Dinara Safina or Youlia Fedossova for a record fourth round berth in Australian Open, and if she surged on, she has great chance to meet the three-time Australian champion Hingis.

Hingis advanced to the third round with a 6-2 6-2 victory over Russian Alla Kudryavtseva early.

Hingis, the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Australian Open champion, who made the quarterfinals in Melbourne last year in her comeback Grand Slam, eased through her second round match in an hour and eight minutes.

Hingis will play either Sania Mirza or Aiko Nakamura for a spot in the fourth round.

Clijsters also eased into the third round.

Clijsters, the fourth seed, has continued her hot form this year as she overwhelmed Japan's Akiko Morigami to record a crushing 6-3 6-0 victory.

After beating Open top seed Maria Sharapova in the final of an exhibition tournament in Hong Kong, Clijsters won the Sydney International last week.

She now plays either No. 29 seed Alona Bondarenko, who beat France's Virginie Razzano 6-3 6-4 in second round.

Editor: Donald