Grit was not going to be enough to get Maria Sharapova past No 1 seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark on Monday, especially not after the Russian conceded nine double-faults - including three in a row - and a total of 36 unforced errors.Wozniacki, the 2009 runner-up, wrapped up a 6-3, 6-4 fourth-round win over Sharapova, who has failed to make it even as far as the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows since winning the 2006 title.
Doing "what she does best," as Sharapova herself put it, Wozniacki got to nearly every ball and hammered it back, stretching points on and on and on until her opponent missed the mark.
"I felt like I was playing well out there," Wozniacki said, then made sure everyone understood a key concept by adding, "I made her do those errors."
Indeed, she did. Rare is the opponent who can trade powerful baseline groundstrokes with three-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova and figure out a way to put her on the defensive, but that's exactly what Wozniacki managed to do as early evening shadows crept across the blue court in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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