Wozniacki sets up clash with Sharapova
September 05, 2010 11:36:55 UK
Caroline Wozniacki feels she has justified her position as top seed after setting up a fourth-round encounter with former champion Maria Sharapova.
Last year's beaten finalist thrashed Yung-Jan Chan 6-1 6-0 in the third round and has only dropped a total of three games in the tournament so far.
Sharapova managed to go one better, whitewashing 18-year-old wild card Beatrice Capra 6-0 6-0 in her third round match, a result which sees Venus Williams as the only American woman still in the draw.
Denmark's Wozniacki, who has won three of her last four tournaments and holds an impressive win-loss record of 17-1 since Wimbledon said: "I think I've shown I belong where I am and I'm just happy to be through to the fourth round.
"For me, it's just about winning the matches. I think it's up to everyone else to judge what I've shown or not shown.
"For me it's just important that I've won these three matches pretty comfortably.
"It would be a great victory (against Sharapova) but when I go out there I really don't think too much about who is on the other side. I just want to do what I'm supposed to do out there on court, and I want to win.
"It really doesn't matter who's on the other side. I feel like I'm playing well, so hopefully I can just keep my roll. I don't feel the pressure. My time will come. If it won't come now, it will come tomorrow, so I'm not afraid of that."
Caroline Wozniacki is available at 2.10 to win the whole tournament.
For Sharapova it was the second year in a row that she faced the new darling of American tennis in the third round at New York, after having lost out to Melanie Oudin 12 months ago, as the 17-year-old went on to reach the quarter-finals.
There was no such chance of a similar outcome this year as the former world number one dispatched of her opponent with a ruthless performance.
"Last year was a similar situation, a young opponent who came out and played great tennis so I wanted to come out and concentrate and be consistent," Sharapova said.
"When you play someone on a good run who is young and eager it's always challenging because they go out and have nothing to lose. Sometimes they are the most dangerous opponents."
When asked about the prospect of facing Wozniacki in the last 16 Sharapova stated: "She is playing some of the best tennis of her career, a finalist here last year so very familiar with this court so it will be tough, but I'm looking forward to it."
Wozniacki can be backed at 1.80 whilst Sharapova is on offer at 1.90 to progress.
In the outright betting, Maria Sharapova can be backed at 1213.00 to win the US Open for the second time in her career.
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