Tennis
Wozniacki beats Sharapova to reach US Open quarter-finals
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-09-07 09:24
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NEW YORK - Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark elicited a barrel full of errors from former champion Maria Sharapova to post a 6-3 6-4 victory on Monday and advance to the quarter-finals of the US Open.
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 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates her victory against Maria Sharapova of Russia at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, September 6, 2010. [Agencies] |
Wozniacki, runner-up last year to Kim Clijsters, engaged the Russian 14th seed in rallies and patiently waited for her mistakes, which came on groundstrokes from both wings and frequently on serves as well.
Three-time grand slam winner Sharapova, the 2006 US Open champion, committed 36 unforced errors including nine double faults, which twice closed service breaks against her.
The victory put the 20-year-old Dane into the quarters against Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, at 45th the lowest ranked player remaining in the women's draw.