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and we're underway from inside Arthur

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Ashe Stadium antenna circles still you

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know oh well Maria Sharapova one of the

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highest-earning asked female athletes in

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the world in any sport

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she certainly has that marquee name and

00:36 - 00:41

that value but she if she's an a-lister

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in those circles she only has an A game

00:41 - 00:46

there's no plan B there's only one way

00:44 - 00:50

she performs that's hard fast flat balls

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swinging for the fences conversely for

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Wozniacki there's a little bit more

00:52 - 00:55

variation and it seems of late she's

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starting to add a few different wrinkles

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to try to take on the elite players able

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to balance everything that's going on in

01:13 - 01:16

her personal life with how many

01:15 - 01:19

businesses she's getting involved with

01:16 - 01:20

and she is an entrepreneur now and to be

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able to still come out here and stay as

01:20 - 01:25

focused as she does it's very impressive

01:53 - 01:56

make a good point because if anybody

01:55 - 02:00

seemed to have been going for the

01:56 - 02:03

spotlight it seems to be Maria so many

02:00 - 02:05

questions and so much attention to her

02:03 - 02:08

off court exploits both with her

02:05 - 02:10

endorsements and her personal life

02:08 - 02:13

socially and she just dismisses all of

02:10 - 02:18

that it keeps everything between the

02:13 - 02:20

lines when she's on the tennis court I'm

02:18 - 02:22

sure the tennis is an outlet for her to

02:20 - 02:24

to get away from all that and she can

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come out here and just focus on what

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what she's best at now for Wozniacki

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she's come under a lot of scrutiny

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because of her personal life and won't

02:33 - 02:36

really delve into that but more

02:34 - 02:38

importantly for her tennis life she

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seems to be making some subtle changes

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she's always been terrific at being able

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to be a retriever

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a backboard putting the ball back in

02:43 - 02:47

play but those wrinkles I spoke of

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there's been a couple subtle changes

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that seem to help raise her level of

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play lately dare I say she's become a

03:04 - 03:10

bit more aggressive and put to you maybe

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even a little boy not as allergic is

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coming to the net as she used to be well

03:12 - 03:15

I think there's a couple things I think

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her serve has definitely improved in the

03:15 - 03:19

last year I think she's gotten fitter so

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even though she moved well before I

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think her movements even better now and

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I also think she's taking a little bit

03:24 - 03:27

more risk

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Sharapova misses the mark with a

03:34 - 03:38

forehand trying to battle back into the

03:36 - 03:42

opening game but can't do so in Caroline

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Wozniacki with ten seed gives herself a

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one love lead well don't forget we would

03:47 - 03:51

like to hear from you here at our

03:49 - 03:55

coverage of the US Open we encourage

03:51 - 03:59

your input join the discussion at u.s.

03:55 - 04:02

optimum two zero one four or you could

03:59 - 04:04

say at us optimum 2014 so whatever your

04:02 - 04:05

preference tell us what you think of the

04:04 - 04:06

match the matchup itself who you think

04:05 - 04:08

might win

04:06 - 04:11

you can even predict the score there's

04:08 - 04:13

no prize but we perhaps would send a

04:11 - 04:16

little shout-out to you for your input

04:13 - 04:22

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u.s. optimum 2014 so Sharapova down to

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the south end now the sun's starting to

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tuck again behind this gray skies

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overhead we've had beautiful weather up

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to this point absolutely sublime with

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just one day Wednesday exceeding 90

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degrees Fahrenheit everything else has

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been uncharacteristically cool and fine

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and gorgeous today a bit sticky

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I think I know the answer Jill but it's

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my job sometimes suppose questions new

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so I wonder now that we've seen six days

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of gorgeous weather that have been dry

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and very even with the humidity in the

05:03 - 05:07

air they're so heavy does that have an

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impact on this match for either player

05:07 - 05:12

does it give it either an advantage I

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think it definitely has an impact on on

05:12 - 05:15

players in general especially when the

05:13 - 05:23

conditions have changed so much from one

05:15 - 05:25

day to the next but I think in this case

05:23 - 05:29

and mismatch I think those players their

05:25 - 05:30

stamina is so good and you rarely see

05:29 - 05:32

either one of these players getting

05:30 - 05:33

tired or cramping that in this

05:32 - 05:36

particular match I don't think it's

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gonna be quite a factor

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that's where I was the athlete dangerous

05:58 - 06:01

just moving the ball down this board I

05:59 - 06:03

think she's doing a better job so far

06:01 - 06:04

she used to be a pretty predictable

06:03 - 06:07

player where she had a lot of cross

06:04 - 06:09

court cross court shots off the forehead

06:07 - 06:10

and the backhand and waited for her

06:09 - 06:13

opportunities but she seems to be mixing

06:10 - 06:13

it up a little bit more right now

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talk about Jill the fact that she's an

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a-lister a name but there is no plan B

06:55 - 06:59

for Sharapova talk about that risk for

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reward sort of aspect of just hitting

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big all the time she sticks with it

07:01 - 07:09

never wavers already six unforced errors

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for Sharapova a chance for Wozniacki to

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get ahead to love relying on those gifts

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early

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to get to your question I think that's a

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strength of Sharapova but I also think

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it can be a weakness because she has the

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type of game where she can overpower and

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she comes out and she's gonna play her

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game her print her game is to go after

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her shots

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take some risks and that's her style and

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she's she gets away with it a lot but I

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think if something is off if she's not

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feeling quite right it can also be a

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weakness because the errors can come

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especially against a consistent player

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like Louis Anthony

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she had her it's a good forehand down

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the line shot and that's what I was

08:17 - 08:21

talking about earlier she's mixing it up

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much better she used to go to that rely

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on that forehand cross-court and just

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keep Lauren cross-court forehand

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cross-court but there she mixed it up

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well with the down the line shot she had

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the opening but just overdid it a little

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bit

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I'll be a third try for Caroline to get

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the upper hand through two games

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and there's the forehand through the

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court Sharapova no chance to close in

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and Caroline Wozniacki

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able to convert her third breakpoint for

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a to love starts a Wozniacki does have

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to remember she played a terrific match

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four years ago round of 16 2010 US Open

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here she finds herself in the fourth

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round in 2014 if she can sort of dial

10:19 - 10:24

the time machine back go back for that

10:22 - 10:27

well-constructed victory in straight

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sets which she won 6-3 6-4 she'll have a

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pretty good chance today but I think

10:29 - 10:33

Jill you said something very key about

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that one of Wozniak he's two victories

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in seven meetings with Sharapova is that

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she's probably even more fit as well as

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her tennis IQ has risen mentally just

10:44 - 10:47

her strategy is a little bit different

10:46 - 10:50

already from the first couple games

10:47 - 10:52

she's not as predictable she's moving

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the ball a little bit more using more

10:52 - 10:57

areas of the court and keeping Sharapova

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on the move which is Keoghan Sharapova

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you want to keep her on the move you

10:58 - 11:03

want to get her on the stretch and

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that's been working so far the first few

11:03 - 11:06

games couple games

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Sharapova definitely doesn't make it

11:20 - 11:24

easy to do that when she hits the ball

11:23 - 11:27

it's such a great power and great depth

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but so far Wozniacki doing a good job of

11:27 - 11:30

mixing it up and when she gets her

11:28 - 11:33

opportunity stepping into the court but

11:30 - 11:38

Maria great backhand cross-court there

11:33 - 11:38

really turned well on that backhand side

11:45 - 11:55

I broke out a word earlier to describe

11:53 - 11:57

Caroline Wozniacki latest sort of

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mindset in how she approaches gaming a

11:57 - 12:02

word that was not associated with her

11:59 - 12:04

prior and that's aggressiveness and she

12:02 - 12:07

seems to be with father theater who was

12:04 - 12:09

serving as her coach as well that they

12:07 - 12:11

have finally decided that yes Caroline

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has to find a way she can't just be back

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retrieving in force errors from her

12:13 - 12:17

opponents some of that has to do with

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the groundstrokes being far more

12:17 - 12:22

penetrating better depth better speed

12:20 - 12:23

and hey that's a second ace already she

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could go a whole tournament without

12:23 - 12:28

hitting two hexes a couple years back

12:25 - 12:30

well I think that style of tennis worked

12:28 - 12:32

well for her for a while because she was

12:30 - 12:34

relatively new on the tour so people

12:32 - 12:36

didn't really get used to fake type of

12:34 - 12:38

games she played but that only lasts for

12:36 - 12:42

so long once you play players over and

12:38 - 12:42

over again they get used to your style

12:43 - 12:48

fantastic effort to get to three love

12:45 - 12:55

will see Sharapova's response as a round

12:48 - 12:57

of sixteen underway on day 17 bright

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sunshiny day with a lot of steam eNOS

12:57 - 13:04

it's a bit of a steam bath in New York

13:00 - 13:06

City on this middle Sunday not only the

13:04 - 13:07

tournament itself but a three-day

13:06 - 13:08

weekend in the United States wherever

13:07 - 13:09

you're watching around the world we

13:08 - 13:13

appreciate it whether you're in South

13:09 - 13:14

Africa the Philippines India social

13:13 - 13:16

marketing department says we're hearing

13:14 - 13:17

from all over the globe as well as here

13:16 - 13:20

in the United States watching this

13:17 - 13:22

contest between two former number ones

13:20 - 13:25

Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki

13:22 - 13:27

but it's been one-sided to this point

13:25 - 13:31

Sharapova broke it in her only service

13:27 - 13:31

game trying to get on the scoreboard

13:52 - 13:55

by the way there was a not-so-subtle

13:54 - 13:57

reminder from our social media

13:55 - 13:59

department to tell us where you're

13:57 - 14:02

watching from if you do send us a tweet

13:59 - 14:04

at us optimum 2014 some food started

14:02 - 14:07

coming in expressing a lot of interest a

14:04 - 14:09

lot of predictions as I said South

14:07 - 14:13

Africa as well as the heart of Africa

14:09 - 14:17

all over the world viewing an intriguing

14:13 - 14:19

encounter between these two women's

14:17 - 14:22

winner to face Sara Errani

14:19 - 14:23

in the last eight victorious earlier

14:22 - 14:26

today against the Croatian Looch it's

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Baroni

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Karoline thought that one's just a

14:45 - 14:48

little bit long I actually thought it

14:46 - 14:50

was wrong myself but she's not going to

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challenge

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first kind of loose error that we've

15:19 - 15:23

seen from Roe's nasty so far this match

15:21 - 15:26

is playing a pretty clean match in these

15:23 - 15:26

first few games

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great job I Sharapova movin moving into

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the court it's a great deep ball here

16:05 - 16:12

and just steps in really takes advantage

16:08 - 16:12

of the boys new Yaqui short ball

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Oh

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yeah there is a considerable breeze to

16:46 - 16:51

say the least blowing in from the south

16:48 - 16:56

end but it's not helping dissipate any

16:51 - 16:58

of the Chagnon there is a heaviness in

16:56 - 17:02

the air and both women are playing under

16:58 - 17:02

the WTA extreme heat rule

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just binds the outside of the line and

17:28 - 17:38

Sharapova con the board the first ace

17:32 - 17:38

gets to her first game 18 minutes in

17:38 - 17:43

look from the South Plaza up towards the

17:41 - 17:46

flag that is blowing towards the north

17:43 - 17:48

towards the section that Maria Sharapova

17:46 - 17:50

has her back to now we do remind you

17:48 - 17:53

that US Open org is your site for all

17:50 - 17:55

information on the 2014 US Open live

17:53 - 17:59

score updates you can see the drawers

17:55 - 18:07

nothing's fair stories about tournament

17:59 - 18:10

as it unfolds and just as it make a

18:07 - 18:12

mention of what that means for this

18:10 - 18:16

match specifically at 1:00 p.m. the

18:12 - 18:18

wet-bulb Index was at 30 point 6 degrees

18:16 - 18:19

Celsius that means the extreme heat

18:18 - 18:22

weather policy is in effect for this

18:19 - 18:26

match with exceptional temperatures high

18:22 - 18:28

humidity the goes three sets that's

18:26 - 18:28

where the big

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big stab from those the a key but no

18:34 - 18:37

problem the Sharapova moves to the

18:35 - 18:39

middle of court for the foot away and

18:37 - 18:41

Kevin going back to when you're talking

18:39 - 18:43

about the weather a little bit it's the

18:41 - 18:45

fact that it is a lot more humid today

18:43 - 18:47

can affect the way the ball travels

18:45 - 18:49

through the air the US Open tends to use

18:47 - 18:50

lighter balls which means it can go

18:49 - 18:52

pretty fast through the air but when

18:50 - 18:54

there's added humidity it really slows

18:52 - 18:56

the ball down so that can really be an

18:54 - 19:01

advantage to Wozniacki who likes to play

18:56 - 19:03

longer points and the way can impact

19:01 - 19:06

this match is that if it goes to a

19:03 - 19:08

decider between the second and third

19:06 - 19:12

sets if either player or both requests

19:08 - 19:20

they can have a 10-minute break before

19:12 - 19:22

play begins on that Thursday as part of

19:20 - 19:24

the rules at the WTA puts in place to

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protect the players from extreme heat

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and that rule is in effect

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sheriff hobo starting to heat up trying

19:34 - 19:39

to make inroads against Wozniacki serve

19:36 - 19:50

she can get a break point for the first

19:39 - 19:53

time in these early stages that's an

19:50 - 19:56

aspect of the Yankees current form that

19:53 - 19:58

we haven't seen in years prior great job

19:56 - 19:59

by Lowe's neck here takes her time on

19:58 - 20:01

this approach shot she's see sure

19:59 - 20:04

whoever guesses right but just stays

20:01 - 20:07

with the volley so well she made that

20:04 - 20:07

probably look easier than it was

20:20 - 20:24

and Sharapova does have her first

20:22 - 20:28

breakpoint

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pick job I wasn't up there really had a

20:53 - 20:57

good serve good choice to slice this the

20:55 - 20:59

ball was pretty low and the reason she's

20:57 - 21:01

able to hit that volley so well as she

20:59 - 21:03

moves forward to the net

21:01 - 21:09

she really closes the net and just cuts

21:03 - 21:14

off that angle yourself ample

21:09 - 21:16

opportunity to extend just smothering

21:14 - 21:18

the net it's the way three of four when

21:16 - 21:20

a little bit of the court thus far for

21:18 - 21:23

Caroline a more importantly break point

21:20 - 21:23

saved

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so have to contend with another a

21:34 - 21:38

Sharapova drills and other winners a gap

21:36 - 21:40

starting to close between winners and

21:38 - 21:43

unforced errors it was significant to

21:40 - 21:45

start at one point one winner to six

21:43 - 21:58

unforced errors now that's her sixth

21:45 - 22:00

winner versus nine miscues and the break

21:58 - 22:02

is hers the lead can't be held by

22:00 - 22:05

Wozniacki and we're back on serve in the

22:02 - 22:11

opening set a battle between two former

22:05 - 22:12

number one lot of passion for the sport

22:11 - 22:14

of tennis around the world

22:12 - 22:16

particularly for the big games and one

22:14 - 22:18

who elicits so much passion is Maria

22:16 - 22:21

Sharapova the it's almost that sort of

22:18 - 22:23

polarizing effect you're either with

22:21 - 22:26

Maria or you were sternly against her

22:23 - 22:29

for whatever reason the Twittersphere is

22:26 - 22:31

no different and you add to the mix

22:29 - 22:33

sprinkling in of sunshine caroline

22:31 - 22:35

wozniacki

22:33 - 22:37

is on fire we asked you for your

22:35 - 22:39

questions and comments about this

22:37 - 22:43

matchup hearing from places from africa

22:39 - 22:45

singapore pakistan trinidad saying

22:43 - 22:47

they're enjoying the coverage as well

22:45 - 22:51

Sharapova right back in it she's broken

22:47 - 22:51

something to try to get to three all

22:57 - 23:00

Wozniacki just doing such a great job at

22:59 - 23:04

the net right now she's really

23:00 - 23:05

incorporated that part of her game into

23:04 - 23:07

her tennis great

23:05 - 23:09

she recognizes Sharapova's out of

23:07 - 23:12

position just perfect short volley off

23:09 - 23:12

the court

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he's not doing a good job of returning

23:57 - 24:01

sharapov serve right now I think the

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point before Sharapova got a little bit

24:01 - 24:07

surprised with such a deeper turn

24:03 - 24:07

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24:15 - 24:17

Oh

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great aggressive doing by Sharapova here

24:56 - 25:00

really setting up well for that for

24:58 - 25:03

handball C's broken e rosing a key out

25:00 - 25:07

of position and just smart choice to

25:03 - 25:07

take that last ball out of the air

25:25 - 25:32

that's insulting

25:27 - 25:33

Wozniak he's bid to break back stymied

25:32 - 25:35

somewhat puss an aggressive play by

25:33 - 25:37

short Bobo who usually really just

25:35 - 25:42

anchors herself on the bass line drawn

25:37 - 25:45

in taking the ball out of the air to

25:42 - 25:59

break points saved still has one left to

25:45 - 26:04

contend with at least for the moment and

25:59 - 26:06

that's tough to Loki wasn't acne will be

26:04 - 26:09

disappointed with that miss breakpoint

26:06 - 26:12

that's her strong side that backhand

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side she just popped up a little bit too

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much a little bit too high to need to

26:14 - 26:17

keep her legs a little bit lower

26:44 - 26:48

great shot by Sharapova here she was

26:46 - 26:49

really moving around the court but what

26:48 - 26:50

made the difference is she moved toward

26:49 - 26:53

that ball

26:50 - 26:55

you gave Wozniacki less time to react

26:53 - 26:57

but really just overpowered her on that

26:55 - 27:01

particular shot the depth just almost

26:57 - 27:05

painting the line from triple breakpoint

27:01 - 27:05

to a chance for through all

27:20 - 27:28

so much for that back to deuce second

27:24 - 27:31

double fault of this opening frame and a

27:28 - 27:35

tussle for the sixth game continues

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and then sheriff while we're getting

27:54 - 28:00

stuck on that middle return that was

27:56 - 28:02

yeah he tends to hit really just got

28:00 - 28:04

caught didn't really move our feet on

28:02 - 28:04

that

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28:41 - 28:47

fourth trifle wrote me a key to get the

28:44 - 28:49

four to is denied by Sharapova was

28:47 - 28:53

really starting to find the measure of

28:49 - 28:54

the court as Sharapova definitely

28:53 - 28:56

looking a little bit more comfortable

28:54 - 28:59

swinging through the ball she started

28:56 - 29:01

off a little bit hesitant but that's

28:59 - 29:03

crows neck he was intact he started off

29:01 - 29:05

strong taking a little bit more risk

29:03 - 29:13

that point towards me acting a little

29:05 - 29:18

bit more defensive off the frame of

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Carolina has her drifts wide Sharapova

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just might be able to answer the

29:19 - 29:24

three-game run that began the match by

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Wozniacki

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it's already by far the longest exchange

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as far as games in this opening set take

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a punch and duration but Sharapova ever

29:42 - 29:45

worthy

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she loves the battle she loves the fight

29:45 - 29:53

and she has evened it with three games

29:48 - 29:56

in her overall not the strong comeback

29:53 - 29:58

from Sharapova Wozniacki really came out

29:56 - 30:01

firing playing a little bit more risky

29:58 - 30:03

tennis Sharapova definitely upped her

30:01 - 30:04

game a little bit higher level in the

30:03 - 30:06

last three games served a little bit

30:04 - 30:09

better it was a little bit more

30:06 - 30:09

consistent

30:09 - 30:13

back to the drawing board for Caroline

30:12 - 30:18

Wozniacki

30:13 - 30:20

three love start that's going Marie has

30:18 - 30:22

seemed to that and Caroline has to be

30:20 - 30:25

careful not to let all the momentum slip

30:22 - 30:28

away edge right now for Sharapova she

30:25 - 30:32

has really found a way to even her level

30:28 - 30:32

of play after a very sloppy start

30:36 - 30:38

Oh

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Carolyn coming off a pretty strong

30:56 - 31:01

summer Cincinnati reached the

31:00 - 31:03

semi-finals lost to the eventual

31:01 - 31:05

champion Serena Williams but really

31:03 - 31:06

played a tough preset match that made a

31:05 - 31:09

lot of people sit up and take notice and

31:06 - 31:11

what's been pretty one-sided the contest

31:09 - 31:16

between the two Caroline put up a lot of

31:11 - 31:18

resistance perhaps to really shine at

31:16 - 31:21

the US Open once again and she's

31:18 - 31:32

performed well to get to this round of

31:21 - 31:35

16 encounter not just one of four semi

31:32 - 31:37

final appearances in p5 multiple a Andy

31:35 - 31:38

storm the other three and you can also

31:37 - 31:41

include a semi final run in Istanbul

31:38 - 31:42

where she won that match went on to take

31:41 - 31:45

the title

31:42 - 31:45

[Applause]

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[Applause]

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and you can see why Sharapova has come

32:26 - 32:30

back a little bit in these last few

32:27 - 32:30

games you see the dynamic changing a

32:30 - 32:32

little bit

32:30 - 32:34

Caroline looking a little bit more on

32:32 - 32:36

her back foot

32:34 - 32:37

Sharapova stepping into the court a

32:36 - 32:38

little bit more going for shots a little

32:37 - 32:40

bit more than she did at the beginning

32:38 - 32:40

of the match

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that run in Istanbul to the title by the

33:10 - 33:16

way for 22nd title of his career and the

33:13 - 33:23

first of 2014 the only one but it does

33:16 - 33:25

make it eight consecutive years now mind

33:23 - 33:27

you seven consecutive years that

33:25 - 33:30

Caroline has been able to capture at

33:27 - 33:30

least one title

33:32 - 33:40

Wow she had the marvelous output in 2010

33:38 - 33:44

and 2011 where she wants six titles in

33:40 - 33:49

each of those years number one in the

33:44 - 33:52

world much of that run reclaims the lead

33:49 - 33:54

slip of three consecutive games she's

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back out in front the ten seed over the

33:54 - 34:00

five seed in Arthur Ashe Stadium back in

33:58 - 34:02

New York City the borough of Queens five

34:00 - 34:04

boroughs make up the metropolis that is

34:02 - 34:06

New York City most people associate it

34:04 - 34:09

with the borough of Manhattan where the

34:06 - 34:13

skyline is iconic around the world

34:09 - 34:16

there's also Staten Island as the Bronx

34:13 - 34:19

there's Brooklyn to go along with

34:16 - 34:25

Manhattan Queens Flushing Meadows

34:19 - 34:27

resides here near Astoria wonderful

34:25 - 34:31

restaurants nightlife

34:27 - 34:34

oh yeah and in September of each year

34:31 - 34:36

some of the best fans in the world their

34:34 - 34:39

boisterous they're loud they're

34:36 - 34:41

excitable right now they're enjoying

34:39 - 34:45

Caroline Wozniacki and Maria Sharapova

34:41 - 34:46

on a hot humid Sunday afternoon last day

34:45 - 34:49

of August

34:46 - 34:50

Sharapova fell behind love 3 to start

34:49 - 34:52

the match made up three games of her own

34:50 - 35:00

and now she's serving to keep pace with

34:52 - 35:02

Wozniacki and its opening set it's been

35:00 - 35:05

intriguing Jill to watch the carousel a

35:02 - 35:07

bit of coaches and different names that

35:05 - 35:09

have been associated with each and gone

35:07 - 35:11

back and forth Caroline Wozniacki it's

35:09 - 35:13

been working with Team Adi Das and of

35:11 - 35:14

course an employee of that for a while

35:13 - 35:16

with spanked Rona Feld

35:14 - 35:18

and now you look over and Sharapova's

35:16 - 35:21

box there's spent just sitting there

35:18 - 35:25

smiling bright happy to be with the five

35:21 - 35:25

seed and former number one Sharapova

35:31 - 35:35

it's not a surprise really that the

35:34 - 35:37

players and coaches see each other all

35:35 - 35:40

the time everybody knows everybody

35:37 - 35:42

everyone's interacting with each other

35:40 - 35:44

and a lot of times you get a feel for if

35:42 - 35:46

if you think someone can help you a

35:44 - 35:47

little bit better than your current

35:46 - 35:49

coach and sometimes if things aren't

35:47 - 35:50

going well you need a change you feel

35:49 - 35:52

like you need a fresh start

35:50 - 35:55

so it's no surprise that sometimes there

35:52 - 35:58

are switches like that backing board

35:55 - 35:59

jerilyn maybe taking a page from Maria's

35:58 - 36:01

book because early in the year she

35:59 - 36:03

worked with Thomas Hawkes dead if I'm

36:01 - 36:05

not mistaken it's almost like deja boo'

36:03 - 36:07

that's where you're looking at Maria's

36:05 - 36:20

box and there was Thomas helping coach

36:07 - 36:22

Sharapova for an extended run it's great

36:20 - 36:24

for you but someone if someone

36:22 - 36:26

particularly says something in a certain

36:24 - 36:27

way and I look Siddhant creates a spark

36:26 - 36:28

you never know when that's gonna happen

36:27 - 36:30

and that could have happened talking

36:28 - 36:33

with another coach and the players

36:30 - 36:34

lounge or wherever and then all of a

36:33 - 36:37

sudden that's where the switches come

36:34 - 36:40

and you feel good with somebody so it

36:37 - 36:40

makes sense to switch at that point

36:43 - 36:49

sheriff over with Rona focused she did

36:46 - 36:51

win Roland Garros this year it was a

36:49 - 36:53

nice little injection of enthusiasm to

36:51 - 36:58

help her as she also will feel pretty

36:53 - 36:58

pleased with her performance for for all

36:58 - 37:02

as a view of the gray skies overhead

37:00 - 37:03

that are different from the first six

37:02 - 37:05

days we saw here in New York City there

37:03 - 37:07

is a chance of showers later tonight

37:05 - 37:10

that could impact the night session

37:07 - 37:12

tomorrow Labor Day a day off for most of

37:10 - 37:16

the United States in honor of American

37:12 - 37:18

workers and their efforts national

37:16 - 37:22

holiday hoping that rain doesn't have a

37:18 - 37:22

significant impact tomorrow as well

37:30 - 37:38

[Applause]

37:35 - 37:40

Michael Mortensen before all things were

37:38 - 37:44

scrapped and it's just let's go back to

37:40 - 37:47

dad familiar boys Peter Wozniacki has

37:44 - 37:48

been in her camp even when grown FL -

37:47 - 37:51

t-midi das was around March dead

37:48 - 37:58

Mortensen Victor always seems to be an

37:51 - 37:59

omnipresent fans have great support from

37:58 - 38:01

her a lot in her career when she started

37:59 - 38:04

and through this time in her career and

38:01 - 38:05

up till now and so she's been he's been

38:04 - 38:09

a great presence for her it's really

38:05 - 38:09

supporting her been pretty positive

38:16 - 38:20

it's been interesting to see the

38:18 - 38:22

transition to after the coaching changes

38:20 - 38:23

with kids are coming back and Caroline

38:22 - 38:26

now used to just sit there and just

38:23 - 38:30

whether the soliloquies the monologues

38:26 - 38:30

during encore coaching at other events

38:30 - 38:33

now she speaks her mind a little bit

38:32 - 38:35

interrupts in the time the true there's

38:33 - 38:36

more of a discourse as a place it just

38:35 - 38:38

went away traffic well I was just

38:36 - 38:40

thinking that because she's always been

38:38 - 38:43

looking over at her support group her

38:40 - 38:44

box all the time and now she feels to me

38:43 - 38:45

like she had a little bit more of a

38:44 - 38:47

confidence coming from within herself

38:45 - 38:52

and I think that's been a difference for

38:47 - 38:53

her this year question the results of

38:52 - 38:57

late seem to indicate that that self

38:53 - 38:57

belief starting to give her a boost

39:25 - 39:31

she liked it Maria I'm gonna wonder when

39:29 - 39:35

you up marathon November thank you for

39:31 - 39:38

the training I'm happy side to side that

39:35 - 39:40

was perfectly placed you couldn't have

39:38 - 39:46

asked for a more perfect shot right on

39:40 - 39:49

the line just out of Maria's reach she's

39:46 - 39:49

best at right there

39:50 - 39:54

Sharapova trying to make her advances

39:52 - 39:57

Wozniacki holding her off for the time

39:54 - 39:57

point away from putting herself back to

39:57 - 40:00

the lead

39:57 - 40:02

applying some scoreboard pressure to the

40:00 - 40:02

Russian

40:09 - 40:14

she's got that 5-4 lead Sharapova will

40:12 - 40:17

serve to prolong the opening set

40:14 - 40:20

otherwise it goes to Caroline they

40:17 - 40:24

battled for a spot amongst the last

40:20 - 40:26

eight at the US Open pretty solid start

40:24 - 40:29

for Caroline Wozniacki she took the

40:26 - 40:31

opening three games of the first set was

40:29 - 40:33

able to hold off Sharapova to reclaim

40:31 - 40:35

the lead she's plus one in the

40:33 - 40:37

differential eight winners to seven

40:35 - 40:40

unforced errors but no surprise its

40:37 - 40:42

Maria who's dictating play going for the

40:40 - 40:46

big shots has produced four more winners

40:42 - 40:52

with 12 but 10 more unforced errors 17

40:46 - 40:52

serving to stay in set number one

41:12 - 41:18

[Applause]

41:16 - 41:20

trio of double faults on the day

41:18 - 41:23

Sharapova not starting off as she wishes

41:20 - 41:23

to in this 10th game

41:40 - 41:45

during a return war down the middle from

41:43 - 41:48

Wozniacki that tends to be working so

41:45 - 41:50

far for her this match Maria's gonna

41:48 - 41:53

supply 19 unforced errors we keep it

41:50 - 41:56

well within the lines and let Maria hit

41:53 - 41:58

her way out be your own worst enemy back

41:56 - 42:01

to the forum that saw Wozniacki take

41:58 - 42:01

those first three games

42:06 - 42:11

one thing about Maria you can say though

42:09 - 42:13

maybe it's a good thing she's stubborn

42:11 - 42:15

she's just gonna go with what has

42:13 - 42:17

supplied her so much success over a

42:15 - 42:19

career she's the type of player that

42:17 - 42:20

even if you have trouble break point

42:19 - 42:22

against her you never feel like the game

42:20 - 42:25

is in your hands necessarily she's

42:22 - 42:28

always gonna compete fight hard and she

42:25 - 42:28

can come up with winning shots like that

42:32 - 42:37

tough miss Flores she's got a great

42:35 - 42:39

first step to move to the middle of the

42:37 - 42:41

court and had a lot of room to work with

42:39 - 42:47

real estate on both sides with just over

42:41 - 42:47

shoots tomorrow hey Jackie double-check

42:47 - 42:50

Wow

42:51 - 42:54

Caroline's telling her to so well

42:54 - 42:58

[Applause]

42:54 - 42:58

[Music]

43:15 - 43:20

Conroy's Miyake

43:17 - 43:23

rematch slides in Maria Sharapova she

43:20 - 43:26

has the first set in Pocket trying to

43:23 - 43:27

get to the Elite Eight in New York City

43:26 - 43:29

[Applause]

43:27 - 43:32

Caroline Wozniacki takes the opening set

43:29 - 43:34

6-4 but if you say one thing about Maria

43:32 - 43:37

Sharapova a one-cent lead finally in

43:34 - 43:39

surmount not insurmountable but she is

43:37 - 43:41

also well she looks at that as a

43:39 - 43:44

personal challenge this season she has

43:41 - 43:46

played an abundance of three-set matches

43:44 - 43:47

and more often than not she comes out on

43:46 - 43:50

the winning end it has been unbelievable

43:47 - 43:53

to watch Sharapova just find that next

43:50 - 43:53

gear when it seems as if she's down and

43:53 - 43:56

out

43:53 - 43:57

she says excuse me I'm reassure polo

43:56 - 44:00

I've been number one in the world

43:57 - 44:02

I own a title at each of the four majors

44:00 - 44:04

and fight is my middle name

44:02 - 44:07

well we'll see if she can use that

44:04 - 44:08

middle name to her advantage she seeks

44:07 - 44:13

to come back from a set down against

44:08 - 44:14

Caroline Wozniacki look like she's lost

44:13 - 44:17

the first time here bouncing around

44:14 - 44:19

ready to go well she has to feel as if

44:17 - 44:21

she was in it she knows full well there

44:19 - 44:23

was just a little falter at the end of

44:21 - 44:26

the set as what hand he begins the

44:23 - 44:26

central track

44:29 - 44:33

[Applause]

44:30 - 44:34

the next full moment like it would be

44:33 - 44:36

one side of this Wozniacki took the

44:34 - 44:38

first three games but there's only a

44:36 - 44:41

single break from that point on

44:38 - 44:43

relatively even and you know that about

44:41 - 44:45

Sharapova she's had so many three-set

44:43 - 44:46

matches this year being down and coming

44:45 - 44:48

back winning those three set matches

44:46 - 44:50

that even if you're down three love in

44:48 - 44:51

the first set you feel like there's

44:50 - 44:53

definitely a possibility of her coming

44:51 - 44:56

back in that first set which she did for

44:53 - 44:57

a moment but good challenge for most

44:56 - 44:58

Yankee to come back and close that set

44:57 - 45:02

out

44:58 - 45:02

[Applause]

45:05 - 45:11

just an example that Maria has gone the

45:08 - 45:20

distance of three sets in seven of her

45:11 - 45:21

last 10 matches including her match up

45:20 - 45:26

in the second round here against doge

45:21 - 45:26

arrow where she lost the opening set 6-4

45:32 - 45:43

[Music]

45:32 - 45:43

[Applause]

46:08 - 46:18

[Applause]

46:15 - 46:19

important sorry go ahead Kevin maybe

46:18 - 46:21

gonna pick up where you were about to

46:19 - 46:33

lead important for Wozniacki to get a

46:21 - 46:36

good start because of the fact that

46:33 - 46:39

Sharapova can be such a threat late in

46:36 - 46:44

matches and she you're never across the

46:39 - 46:44

line until that last point against her

46:59 - 47:10

[Applause]

47:06 - 47:10

[Music]

47:46 - 47:56

[Applause]

47:53 - 47:58

good job from sheriff of sharapova here

47:56 - 48:02

again stepping into the court creating

47:58 - 48:03

less time for Wozniacki the more times

48:02 - 48:05

you can take away the heart is for

48:03 - 48:08

Caroline who does move so well

48:05 - 48:10

get over get a racket on ball we're

48:08 - 48:30

blasting the fifteenth winner of the

48:10 - 48:32

match show play very best exactly you

48:30 - 48:34

don't want to approve of controlling the

48:32 - 48:36

point from that backhand side she nice

48:34 - 48:39

touch good body burn on that backhand

48:36 - 48:41

straight down the line shot here and

48:39 - 48:44

really just again stepping into the

48:41 - 48:47

court doesn't even have to go to a wines

48:44 - 48:50

has enough power on that shot to push

48:47 - 48:50

put it past Bo's yaki

48:54 - 48:58

[Music]

48:56 - 49:00

mr. chance for Sharapova to grab the

48:58 - 49:02

upper hand lease for the mobile here and

49:00 - 49:04

so important for Caroline to hold sir

49:02 - 49:06

put herself to the lead take care of the

49:04 - 49:10

things she can't control the Sharapova

49:06 - 49:12

start to feel far more comfortable and

49:10 - 49:18

being able to dictate how the course of

49:12 - 49:20

a point will go she's gonna swing away

49:18 - 49:24

regardless but now that she has found

49:20 - 49:25

that those lines aren't as tight as she

49:24 - 49:27

appeared to have them when she was

49:25 - 49:29

committing all those unforced errors in

49:27 - 49:35

the opening set Court has widened up

49:29 - 49:37

considerable driving forehand return a

49:35 - 49:40

good meter maybe even a meter and a half

49:37 - 49:43

inside the base line to get to another

49:40 - 49:45

breakpoint especially with trap Hill

49:43 - 49:46

they're making so many unforced errors

49:45 - 49:48

in the beginning of the match she wanted

49:46 - 49:50

to bring her targets in a little bit you

49:48 - 49:52

don't have to aim for the line until you

49:50 - 49:53

find your rhythm and you've noticed that

49:52 - 49:55

the winners that she hit they've been

49:53 - 50:01

far into the court not so close to the

49:55 - 50:04

line she's finding her range and there's

50:01 - 50:06

the break Wozniacki disgusted with

50:04 - 50:09

herself slams a ball to the surface

50:06 - 50:10

knowing she had the chance to get to one

50:09 - 50:13

love and Maria denies her that

50:10 - 50:15

opportunity so Sharapova already a step

50:13 - 50:17

in the right direction in her effort to

50:15 - 50:19

come back from a set down and that set

50:17 - 50:20

how did it look statistically Jill

50:19 - 50:22

Craybas

50:20 - 50:24

explained well Sharapova has the higher

50:22 - 50:26

first serve percentage but Wozniacki

50:24 - 50:28

returned so well in that beginning first

50:26 - 50:30

set so that was definitely an advantage

50:28 - 50:31

for her and that's why she came away

50:30 - 50:33

with the first set Sharapova more

50:31 - 50:35

winners but again it was the unforced

50:33 - 50:37

errors that cost her that first set

50:35 - 50:39

triple the unforced errors from that

50:37 - 50:41

Wozniacki had with only the will exactly

50:39 - 50:43

had only seven to Sharapova's 21 so that

50:41 - 50:45

was the really big difference in the

50:43 - 50:47

first set how big a fighter is Maria

50:45 - 50:49

Sharapova when she needs to go three

50:47 - 50:51

sets or particularly more importantly as

50:49 - 50:55

pertains to this match when she's down a

50:51 - 50:58

set this is her 51st match of the year

50:55 - 51:01

and she needed to be her 21st to go the

50:58 - 51:04

full distance at three sets a 17 and

51:01 - 51:07

three record and going to a decider

51:04 - 51:08

including get this after running through

51:07 - 51:11

the opening three rounds at

51:08 - 51:13

roland-garros this year without dropping

51:11 - 51:16

a single set in order to capture the

51:13 - 51:22

trophy there her last four rounds all

51:16 - 51:23

four preset matches that includes a

51:22 - 51:24

round of 16 encounter with Samantha

51:23 - 51:26

Stosur

51:24 - 51:28

a quarter final against Garvin yet

51:26 - 51:30

muguruza and her semi-final against

51:28 - 51:32

Eugenie Bouchard she lost the opening

51:30 - 51:34

set in all three of those matches to

51:32 - 51:36

booked herself into the final against

51:34 - 51:38

Simona Halep so she's not feeling too

51:36 - 51:41

bad right now this is the standard

51:38 - 51:43

procedure this is not a stressful moment

51:41 - 51:46

for Maria what first set you got it

51:43 - 51:49

okay well let's see how you fare through

51:46 - 51:49

the course of the next two

52:10 - 52:20

[Applause]

52:22 - 52:28

sixty minutes have elapsed we're in it

52:25 - 52:31

for the long haul just eleven games

52:28 - 52:34

played now into the 12th Sharapova 6-2

52:31 - 52:34

loves start of her own

52:52 - 52:56

probably just got a little bit caught on

52:54 - 52:58

that you good job you village the

52:56 - 52:59

quarter I've just reached a little bit

52:58 - 53:02

too much

52:59 - 53:02

[Applause]

53:05 - 53:10

23000 when this biggest tennis only

53:09 - 53:13

stadium in the world is filled to

53:10 - 53:16

capacity not there today on this Sunday

53:13 - 53:20

it's still a lot of interests a lot of

53:16 - 53:22

spectators plugged in want to see the

53:20 - 53:30

exchange between those two remember

53:22 - 53:32

lungs don't forget you there's an

53:30 - 53:33

important point to be made about Arthur

53:32 - 53:35

Ashe Stadium in the coming future there

53:33 - 53:37

will be a roof over the stadium they

53:35 - 53:41

said it couldn't be done but the USTA

53:37 - 53:43

has found a way and by 2018 if not

53:41 - 53:44

sooner the roof will be over Arthur Ashe

53:43 - 53:46

Stadium that's good for two reasons

53:44 - 53:48

tonight there is a threat of rain for

53:46 - 53:50

the nice session with delay or a

53:48 - 53:52

proceedings the other aspect is gonna

53:50 - 53:55

make it more well

53:52 - 53:55

echo friendly

54:11 - 54:16

I want to talk about putting a roof on

54:14 - 54:18

this stadium so few years now and now

54:16 - 54:19

they're finally in the process of

54:18 - 54:21

getting the construction underway I

54:19 - 54:24

think it's because it's scheduled to be

54:21 - 54:27

finished around 2016 but the stadium is

54:24 - 54:30

so big it's going to be a massive

54:27 - 54:33

accomplishment to get that finished

54:30 - 54:36

so once lady the Armstrong Stadium

54:33 - 54:37

they're gonna move the grandstand east

54:36 - 54:43

over to the west over by the West

54:37 - 54:45

stadium six promoting to some of our

54:43 - 54:46

viewers that are responding with Twitter

54:45 - 54:48

comments or saying wow it's gonna be

54:46 - 55:06

even more of an echo inside Arthur Ashe

54:48 - 55:08

Stadium Maria Sharapova challenge will

55:06 - 55:11

come from Sharapova she thinks she has

55:08 - 55:14

her second game of this set in Pocket

55:11 - 55:16

where H each hack says the chase review

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will see as to whether or not this did

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indeed say along

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that's what Sharapova's hoping for

55:19 - 55:21

called good

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I'm not so sure Sharapova was completely

55:30 - 55:34

100% sure that without but it was a good

55:32 - 55:37

challenge I mean it's close enough to

55:34 - 55:42

challenge that for the games close

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enough yeah except of a pencil do the

55:42 - 55:46

separation that I made just family on

55:44 - 55:49

that line finds its way and well Jackie

55:46 - 55:49

says right where I aimed it

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devastated just great exchange from both

56:37 - 56:43

players they're really high quality

56:40 - 56:46

tennis Sharapova just loved that

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backhand wide she says a good job

56:46 - 56:51

stepping in creates such a good angle

56:48 - 56:52

there and just too strong her clothes

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need to even react

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Caroline's reply all Maria had to do a

56:54 - 56:59

little stutter step it was right in her

56:56 - 57:02

wheelhouse and she just slammed it

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through the open court seventh winner in

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this set yeah far cry she only had 13

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winners in total and set number one it's

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already more than half productivity far

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more impressive having a bit of

57:28 - 57:31

difficulty getting to to love

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ah

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more aces excuse me

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one ace for double faults that would be

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a far cry from what Murray has been able

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to put out and it's a better percentage

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of late she doesn't seem to be bitten by

59:22 - 59:27

the double fault bug as often as she did

59:24 - 59:30

say three four years ago but it still

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creeps in from time to time

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even that can be significant to some

59:57 - 60:01

degrees remember Sharapova didn't play

59:59 - 60:03

the US Open last year and she's had her

60:01 - 60:08

problems because of her right shoulder

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her significant 2013 and a couple years

60:08 - 60:12

ago had reconstructive surgery to get

60:10 - 60:13

that shoulder back in shape no ice no

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she's capable of throwing in those

60:13 - 60:19

double faults has a returner you wanna

60:16 - 60:21

take a step in on on the her first serve

60:19 - 60:25

especially her second serve take a step

60:21 - 60:25

in try and create more pressure that way

60:37 - 60:43

and despite the long duration of the

60:40 - 60:45

second game Wozniak ease momentum from

60:43 - 60:45

the opening set has come to a screeching

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halt

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Sharapova to love and set number two and

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so far the different Sharapova's really

60:53 - 60:56

cut down on her unforced errors this

60:55 - 60:58

said she's found her range a little bit

60:56 - 60:59

she brought in her targets and that's

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what was happening in the first set she

60:59 - 61:02

was going for a little bit too much so

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she's found the middle of the court more

61:02 - 61:07

and waited for her opportunities to step

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to step up but even when she has that

61:07 - 61:11

short ball she's still aiming more in

61:09 - 61:12

the middle of the court and that's

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what's helped her cut down on the on

61:12 - 61:15

those unforced errors

61:22 - 61:27

and for Caroline Wozniacki she seems to

61:24 - 61:28

be far more defensive now as the latter

61:27 - 61:29

stage is descent number one in the

61:28 - 61:32

beginning of the second frame they're

61:29 - 61:34

going on before she was able to sort of

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use your defensive maneuvering to get to

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the middle Corp be a bit more aggressive

61:36 - 61:41

put some offensive strategies in play

61:46 - 61:52

now she seems to be more likely win

61:48 - 61:55

Sharapova and her being able to dictate

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the point that's a good sign from

61:55 - 62:06

Caroline's it started regroup here out

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so she kind of half went for it but use

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the left hand as well just found that

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outside corner

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Sharapova really tacky doors nice I can

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second serve there creates such a great

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angle on this shot and then really again

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just steps into the court again not

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towards the Lima in the middle of the

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court doesn't be have to be so good

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where you have to aim for the line

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just long and Wozniacki

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and better danger here this is exactly

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playing into Sharapova's hands shift of

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momentum I think its way towards an

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identical start and set number two is

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the opening set the only difference the

64:35 - 64:40

name in front of the actia three love

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start the first frame share a photo

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point away from matching that and set

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number two

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we're just what you said you look at

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getting Kevin a lot of this match has

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been a then on Sharapova's racket

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Miyake up in the first set

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because of Sharapova's unforced errors

65:20 - 65:25

but also credit was in a key very

65:21 - 65:27

consistent play but again Sharapova head

65:25 - 65:29

now because she's cut down on those

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areas

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we're at two of five today and

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conversions of breakpoints three of six

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that's it mighty nice with her

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jacqui up against it the second set

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belongs to Maria Sharapova thus far an

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insurance break for a three love start

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that's a lot of what we saw in the first

66:35 - 66:40

set from Wozniacki a little bit more

66:38 - 66:44

aggressive better return off the court

66:40 - 66:45

and just great job moving in taking this

66:44 - 66:46

ball out of the air short angle volley

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cross-court winner

66:46 - 66:50

the fact that we haven't seen that over

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the course of the last five games are so

66:50 - 66:53

going back to the end of the first set

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which was the a key one is that more of

66:53 - 66:59

Maria imposing herself or to Caroline go

66:56 - 66:59

away from the strategy a bit

67:19 - 67:25

I think it was a little bit of both I

67:22 - 67:27

think Caroline after she won that first

67:25 - 67:28

set I think she relaxed a little bit too

67:27 - 67:30

much she was playing a little bit

67:28 - 67:32

further behind the base line which

67:30 - 67:34

caused her to retrieve a little bit too

67:32 - 67:36

much and it allowed Maria to step up and

67:34 - 67:40

take control more of more point so I

67:36 - 67:42

think it was a little bit of both making

67:40 - 67:59

it difficult for Caroline and Caroline

67:42 - 68:01

just easing off the gas a bit is always

67:59 - 68:05

so strong and that cannot swing volley

68:01 - 68:07

position from any area in the court

68:05 - 68:10

tends to hit that pretty well even from

68:07 - 68:10

a deep position

68:38 - 68:44

it's scrambling here from Wozniacki good

68:43 - 68:47

job Maria getting low on that ball and

68:44 - 68:50

again even moving backward just great

68:47 - 68:50

balance on that swing volley

69:04 - 69:08

she had it dialed up was niak he knows

69:08 - 69:10

it

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if she can clear the high part of the

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net down the line she'd be looking at

69:12 - 69:17

breakpoint she kicks the ball in

69:15 - 69:19

frustration what could have been now is

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actually more likely to end up with

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Sharapova taking all four games to start

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the set

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that's indeed what happens Sharapova all

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over Wozniacki for games played four

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games by her name as she seeks the third

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set well don't forget if you want to

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everywhere afghanistan to alaska

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nigeria a lot of people commenting about

70:30 - 70:34

maria sharapova not only her style of

70:32 - 70:38

play and how hard she can be but how

70:34 - 70:40

powerful her well she exerts her

70:38 - 70:45

enthusiasm with each groundstroke how

70:40 - 70:45

should we say that all right she's great

70:46 - 70:50

some people take exception

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Wozniak II hit a bit of a rough patch

71:17 - 71:24

and she really has to be careful get to

71:20 - 71:26

15 all you can see little things

71:24 - 71:28

starting to worry ur body language not

71:26 - 71:33

quite as strong as it was at the outset

71:28 - 71:39

of the match or the chaise review C was

71:33 - 71:41

gonna return the call that doesn't work

71:39 - 71:41

either

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great job pillows nappy there again

72:08 - 72:11

that's what she did better in the first

72:09 - 72:13

set than she had the second set she's

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really she really moved the ball around

72:13 - 72:17

took advantage of the power off of

72:15 - 72:21

Sharapova's return and just redirected

72:17 - 72:21

redirected it beautifully down the line

72:32 - 72:37

all right then

72:34 - 72:39

hour and 23 minutes into the match and

72:37 - 72:40

Caroline decides it's time to hit a

72:39 - 72:43

backhand winner

72:40 - 72:45

she was pacing herself waiting for the

72:43 - 72:47

right moment but she took more risks in

72:45 - 72:48

that first set like that she went for

72:47 - 72:49

those shots a little bit more in the

72:48 - 72:58

first step then she has so far in the

72:49 - 73:00

second and the hole finally on the board

72:58 - 73:05

and set number 2 trying to keep

73:00 - 73:07

Sharapova within reach fourth round in

73:05 - 73:07

New York

73:07 - 73:12

Sharapova shored up her game

73:09 - 73:14

considerably in this second set you see

73:12 - 73:16

all the unforced errors the outpouring

73:14 - 73:19

of miscues in the opening frame well

73:16 - 73:21

only six in set number two that is

73:19 - 73:24

certainly one way of turning around your

73:21 - 73:26

fortunes she's also been able to get at

73:24 - 73:28

rose knee a key sir a few times twice to

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be exact a couple of breaks to start off

73:28 - 73:34

a four love beginning rocky has held

73:31 - 73:36

four for one but there has been a not so

73:34 - 73:38

subtle shift in momentum pretty

73:36 - 73:40

one-sided imagine this second set

73:38 - 73:43

Sharapova really just upped her level

73:40 - 73:44

cut down those unforced errors but also

73:43 - 73:48

more winners overall through outfits

73:44 - 73:48

second set for Sharapova

73:55 - 74:01

13 winners so far the set for Sharapova

73:58 - 74:04

over Wozniacki is 5 doesn't post a lot

74:01 - 74:06

of aces generally there's a pair for

74:04 - 74:06

Sharapova thus far not her fastest serve

74:06 - 74:11

of the day either

74:06 - 74:14

she's cranked went out for her 10 miles

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per hour that's pretty big that was 101

74:14 - 74:19

it's not really about that it's finding

74:16 - 74:23

some accuracy putting caroline wozniacki

74:19 - 74:26

on her heels really just trying to find

74:23 - 74:28

a way into a rally where she hopes feels

74:26 - 74:40

confident when she can dictate from both

74:28 - 74:42

sides remarkable sharapov has been able

74:40 - 74:44

to do set herself up post tennis not as

74:42 - 74:46

if she needs it per se with all the

74:44 - 74:50

endorsement money and prize money she

74:46 - 74:53

certainly earned her 30 million plus

74:50 - 74:55

prize money total and that's just in her

74:53 - 74:57

on court accomplishments but she's not

74:55 - 75:08

content with that she's headed for mogul

74:57 - 75:10

status the meritocrat of deals and off

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court endorsements with companies and

75:10 - 75:14

this and that she's also set up some

75:11 - 75:15

pretty impressive ventures in the

75:14 - 75:17

business world and Nike apparel

75:15 - 75:21

collection that other players including

75:17 - 75:23

eugenie bouchard where Madison keys she

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has a Cole Haan collection and of course

75:23 - 75:27

who can forget sugar PAVA

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the line of candy sweet treats sometimes

75:32 - 75:34

she hands them out in the locker room I

75:33 - 75:37

understand I've never been there myself

75:34 - 75:40

so I can't say it's very good but it's

75:37 - 75:42

sugar so that's part of her plan while

75:40 - 75:45

she's playing let's load you guys down

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with a lot of sugar you know put on a

75:45 - 75:52

couple of pounds how you move around the

75:48 - 75:54

court as a career extended and lengthens

75:52 - 75:57

on any advantage he can get Marie is a

75:54 - 75:57

fierce competitor

75:58 - 76:01

half a dozen double faults to go along

76:00 - 76:05

with the two aces we showed you moments

76:01 - 76:07

ago but really not sweating it out too

76:05 - 76:07

much

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easing towards five one

76:25 - 76:31

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come out here and focus as well as she

76:31 - 76:35

does for every match

76:33 - 76:38

yes it's borderline ridiculous I think

76:35 - 76:40

she can apply so much time to pursuits

76:38 - 76:43

off court while right in the crux of

76:40 - 76:45

what has been you know the prime of her

76:43 - 76:47

career and it's no doubt about it that

76:45 - 76:48

she has a great support group around her

76:47 - 76:50

helping her out with those things but

76:48 - 76:53

she likes to be involved with her other

76:50 - 76:55

work you don't expect her to be the site

76:53 - 76:58

that just says you know what I said I

76:55 - 77:00

want to just do five days and just sit

76:58 - 77:05

in the chair kick my feet up relax not

77:00 - 77:07

think about anything that's maybe just

77:05 - 77:11

her baby just to think about her next

77:07 - 77:12

business move possibly Wozniacki trying

77:11 - 77:15

to salvage something in this second set

77:12 - 77:18

the hold would accomplish at least part

77:15 - 77:21

of that she might not get the chance

77:18 - 77:23

Sharapova is just firing on all

77:21 - 77:26

cylinders literally showed you the

77:23 - 77:30

graphic and the opening set 13 winners

77:26 - 77:30

Murray and sent number 215

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a third of the errors that she committed

77:34 - 77:50

the opening set where her shots were

77:47 - 77:52

missing the mark and extending beyond

77:50 - 77:54

the confines of the baited the painted

77:52 - 77:55

court now she's finding her way exactly

77:54 - 77:59

where she wants to hit with great

77:55 - 78:01

accuracy but you said it exactly she

77:59 - 78:04

found her way she wasn't hitting that

78:01 - 78:06

close to the line in the beginning of a

78:04 - 78:09

second set she had to find her range but

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now she feels more comfortable she

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amazing taking that out of the air from

78:23 - 78:28

losing a key she was inside the court

78:25 - 78:28

that was her only option

78:48 - 78:58

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that's one of Caroline's strengths right

79:02 - 79:07

there the backhand down the line really

79:05 - 79:10

just redirects that ball down the line

79:07 - 79:10

so well

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for Satan

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[Applause]

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there's the Afro mention Peter Wozniacki

79:57 - 80:02

always been her father has back had gone

80:00 - 80:03

back and forth as far as his coaching

80:02 - 80:05

duties particularly of late but he's

80:03 - 80:08

back in the driver's seat in regard to

80:05 - 80:09

they really have a marvelous

80:08 - 80:12

relationship in the past we've heard so

80:09 - 80:13

many difficult stories of fathers and

80:12 - 80:17

their daughters in professional tennis

80:13 - 80:29

circuit this is a good one works for

80:17 - 80:30

respect professional athletes so he can

80:29 - 80:33

empathize with certain situations with

80:30 - 80:37

her as well he's got very tactical mind

80:33 - 80:39

yes not only is it hard to step away as

80:37 - 80:40

your father but it's hard to step away

80:39 - 80:42

when you've been a professional athlete

80:40 - 80:44

you know the mindset you know the game

80:42 - 80:45

you feel like you can help your daughter

80:44 - 80:47

but they do seem to have a really good

80:45 - 80:51

relationship and tends to work really

80:47 - 80:51

well for the both of them

81:22 - 81:28

you can understand why they're excited

81:24 - 81:29

what an entertaining point great point

81:28 - 81:31

you hear from both players what a great

81:29 - 81:33

stab their paralegal over the net but

81:31 - 81:36

good job Murray I'm moving up but just

81:33 - 81:38

created less time for herself by going

81:36 - 81:40

for a little bit more on that shot

81:38 - 81:42

good guessing by Wozniacki good

81:40 - 81:42

anticipation

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there's a little thing they like to call

82:12 - 82:18

in sports hand-eye coordination that was

82:16 - 82:21

just an incredible pickup Ming Grozny I

82:18 - 82:24

can hit such a good deep ball and Sharaf

82:21 - 82:26

over just flicking it down a line just

82:24 - 82:28

such good hands on that ball rolling

82:26 - 82:30

over the top to get some topspin which

82:28 - 82:31

is in the hallmark of Maria's

82:30 - 82:33

groundstrokes but just had to get

82:31 - 82:37

through there quickly and finds away

82:33 - 82:39

another winner 18 in the set a return to

82:37 - 82:39

deuce

82:52 - 82:59

yeah the previous point just informed

82:56 - 83:00

her Maria says okay I can pick that up

82:59 - 83:02

and blast a winner you know what I'm

83:00 - 83:05

gonna pick a spot right over there to

83:02 - 83:08

the backhand and fire away

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83:08 - 83:14

good to turn on your throne strokes it's

83:10 - 83:18

tough to tell where she's going had to

83:14 - 83:18

guess on that one set point for Maria

83:21 - 83:30

fighting it off redirecting the backhand

83:25 - 83:34

no fuss no muss from Wozniacki I can do

83:30 - 83:36

that too that's why this match was so

83:34 - 83:39

anticipated the level of play from both

83:36 - 83:43

coming into this round of 16 match very

83:39 - 83:57

high yeah he up to the task

83:43 - 83:59

saves setpoint it really doesn't want us

83:57 - 84:01

gone to serve here that Cara puts you in

83:59 - 84:03

a tough spot not only because it would

84:01 - 84:04

go to a third set straight away but she

84:03 - 84:08

doesn't want to give Sharapova the

84:04 - 84:12

chance to serve first no matter what the

84:08 - 84:13

score is you know I always want to fight

84:12 - 84:15

until the end put some more a little bit

84:13 - 84:18

more pressure on your opponent going

84:15 - 84:18

into a third set

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[Applause]

84:45 - 84:48

[Music]

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second game of the set lasted just a

84:53 - 84:59

couple seconds shy of nine minutes so

84:55 - 85:01

we've had some long encounters one on

84:59 - 85:05

Sharapova's sir which he managed to get

85:01 - 85:07

the hold for to love extended that lead

85:05 - 85:10

to four love in the set and that was new

85:07 - 85:12

Yankee fighting for presence in second

85:10 - 85:12

or two or so

85:23 - 85:26

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85:34 - 85:39

terrific scramble by Wozniacki about

85:37 - 85:40

four strokes prior to just put the ball

85:39 - 85:42

back in play

85:40 - 85:44

lob allowed her to get to neutral ground

85:42 - 85:48

and from that point on they just

85:44 - 85:49

exchanged until Moya blinked good

85:48 - 85:50

variety from Ozaki - she could have

85:49 - 85:52

definitely stepped up and hit that

85:50 - 86:04

backhand but chose to slice it a little

85:52 - 86:05

bit different look different spin must

86:04 - 86:07

be intriguing it looked as if the ball

86:05 - 86:09

almost picked up a little extra velocity

86:07 - 86:11

in that and that would mean it skidded

86:09 - 86:15

off the paint but Rose Miyake says no it

86:11 - 86:17

didn't she'd be right it was long and

86:15 - 86:20

Caroline's on the board for a second

86:17 - 86:23

time it'll be up to Maria Sharapova try

86:20 - 86:25

to hold serve and force it aside her

86:23 - 86:30

spot in the quarterfinals at stake

86:25 - 86:32

between two former number ones walking

86:30 - 86:33

around the grounds here at the USTA

86:32 - 86:35

Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

86:33 - 86:38

a little straw poll amongst the people

86:35 - 86:41

with some journalists and fans some of

86:38 - 86:43

the ushers some of the commentators what

86:41 - 86:44

do you think of the match with Sharapova

86:43 - 86:49

Wozniacki how do you think it's gonna

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play out the dominant answer that

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thing's going three sets they're all

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starting to look pretty smart right

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about now including on Twitter everybody

86:57 - 87:01

thinking this was destined for three

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well Maria Sharapova can make that

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happen it's a simple prospect really

87:04 - 87:08

Maria

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if you hold serve for the 21st time this

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year you'll be playing in a three-set

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match

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that's exactly what she hopes to do

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serving from the south end trying to

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make it once set all inside Arthur Ashe

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Stadium

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great 4.5 Wozniacki definitely Sharapova

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feeling pretty good in this position but

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owes me a key good job wants to stay

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aggressive even if it even if she loses

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the second set so she can go into the

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third set feeling a little bit stronger

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Oh

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another great pick up some Sheriff over

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there she just had such a good job on

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those defaults it's really accelerating

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her racket head she finds that extra

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spin to bring it down into the court

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sometimes it can be dizzy I mean our

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vantage point is a little bit higher to

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say the least than that of the camera

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but the angle and the depth of how Maria

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Sharapova was able to curve that ball

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into the back corner remarkable and she

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was able to do so with not our standard

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swing she stays with the ball so well

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doesn't look ahead at all a little bit

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on that line up a 9 forehand that sails

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long it's just confounding sometimes to

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figure how she's able to do some of the

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things she does with a racquet and then

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yep just a simple forehand she's hit

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close to five hundred sixty-three

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thousand times look someone's playing

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like that it's hard to get a little bit

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of a rhythm winners errors it's hard to

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find your rhythm a little bit

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[Applause]

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not a bad play here from Caroline's

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really putting the pressure on good

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aggressive play Sharapova again just the

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racket head acceleration just flicks it

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cross-court has herself set point

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not quite there yet

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Sharapova trying to finish this off to

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get to the third set remarkably in their

91:42 - 91:48

first seven meetings only one of those

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seven contests went the full complement

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of sets between these two that was two

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years ago in Miami in the semi finals

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Sharapova

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coming back from a 6-4 dropped opening

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set to go through to the final

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the crowd loves it they want this set to

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continue and they're dazzled by the

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brilliance of Caroline Wozniacki when

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she gets in position he can strike this

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backhand it's a thing of beauty it is

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that is definitely one of her strengths

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that backhand down the line but she put

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herself in a great position that I can't

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cross port

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just really quick job of staying low on

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that last backhand on line

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well you can't say Caroline hasn't had

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her looks definitely not a bad mix from

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Caroline she's been more aggressive in

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these last few games she struggled a

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little bit in the beginning of the

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second set got a little bit more

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tentative but she's gonna lose this set

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she wants to lose it being aggressive

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[Applause]

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what a smart shot by Sharapova she's

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getting such good depth on her balls

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here really makes smart choice to try

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and hit that short boys now he's so far

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behind the baseline can't close it in a

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second set point for Maria missed out on

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the first chance

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see how she fares to get to a decider

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[Applause]

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she's got it predictable as Sharapova

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can be of late particularly for the 22nd

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time and 51 matches this year she'll go

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to a third set she likes her chances

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she's won 17 of the previous 20 so for

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just the second time in now their eighth

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meeting a third set will decide who

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advances to the quarterfinals Sara

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Errani waits amongst the last eight and

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Caroline Wozniacki from the North End

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will serve first inside Arthur Ashe

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Stadium

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Sharapova coming out like we'd expect

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her to really getting all over and

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everything but when I inset second serve

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as we're Eng Chacon crow a show

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mentioned her in the chair umpire

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position as quickly become one of the

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more respected chair umpires on the WTO

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as well as at major events and again

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we're not entirely sure Sharapova was

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given a warning for time but there

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certainly was a discussion that seemed

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to agitate Maria as we know right back

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to business as is her modus operandi

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both players losing just one cent in

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route to the fourth round losing an

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additional here to force this deciding

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set yeah he lost the second set against

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magdaléna rybáriková before leading to

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love in the third the Slovakian retired

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in that match in the second round

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against Alexandra doe guru of Romania

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Maria lost the opening cents it's four

97:20 - 97:24

identical to her start here in the

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fourth round before coming back and

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winning that in three again this is very

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familiar territory for Maria her 21st

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three-set match of 2014 with a 17 and 3

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record good extension from Wozniacki

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puts sharapov on the run great job by

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count line here that's backhand slice

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setting up that backhand down the line

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for her again one of her strengths just

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using it really well in that point

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this is key for Caroline you could

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almost take paramount needed to hold to

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begin the set not only to give herself

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the advantage also put that pressure on

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Sharapova forcing her to hold to play

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catch-up but before we think more about

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scent number three let's look back for a

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moment at set number two and both first

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our percentage very evenly almost evenly

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matched from both players again 22

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winners from Sharapova over Wozniacki

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nine a winner that was the big

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difference and that number two unforced

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errors not so much of a factor but those

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winners are retreated just a little bit

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too loud Sharapova to step up and hit a

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lot more winners in that second set is

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there something about Maria that it has

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become so contagious that she plays so

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many three-set matches is it a slow

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start is I mean this is eight of her

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last eleven matches she's had to go to

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three sets well I think a lot of our

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opponents come out and they know they

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need to come out to a strong start and

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so I think that the opponents play

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really well from the beginning but they

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know

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Sharapova is so good at keeping that

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pressure on and I think they just sort

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of allow her to come back into the match

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well then third sets gonna be fun but I

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say I think Sharapova crates that

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pressure and I do thanks to Wozniacki

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retrieving a little bit but Sharapova

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did adjust her game she was a lot of

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unforced errors and she didn't bring her

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targets in a little bit she found her

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range so I think that is a difference as

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well it's not only that was accurate

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treated but Sharapova did upper-level

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Popa trying to improve to 18 and 3 in

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three-set match this year and I think

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that really illustrates one point that I

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think sometimes gets missed when talking

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about Maria Sharapova and that point

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also will further support this well at

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Maria's case with all her off course off

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court exploits in the glamour that's

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associated with and she is the glamour

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girl of women's professional tennis but

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you have to wonder is there anybody who

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is a and exceptions of course for Serena

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Williams world number one but doesn't

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take a single point off not a single

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game not a single match she shows up

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each and every time and he get not to

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take any way from Serena who's a

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tremendous fighter in a fantastic

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athlete and quite frankly the best

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tennis player in the world particularly

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on the women's side is that sometimes

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Serena wavers her attention span seems

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to just lose focus she can kind of drift

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through matches you never see that with

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Maria

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you're absolutely right Kevin you do see

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that way right not only from Serena

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sometimes but from the majority of

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players there are games here and there

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where you can see players lose focus a

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little bit but Maria takes her time she

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walks back to that backdrop before every

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point she regains her focus she's there

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for every point and that's what makes

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her so dangerous and that's not to take

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anything away from any other player

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that's natural I mean you're on tour for

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weeks on end the other players talk

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about it how much focus she is and she's

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one of the best competitors out there

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struggling through hot humid conditions

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you could just have a black moment for a

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week I mean when she gets down or so

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yeah we she never really gets down there

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so I should take that back because even

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when she's having difficulty like she

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did in the opening set with all the

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unforced rolls

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a measure of the court not producing as

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she'd like she just gets back to her

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routine back to the court focus her

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attention right back at it

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it's admirable Wozniacki she's not

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intimidated in the slightest

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Batman we've talked about all match long

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for Caroline she's able to produce once

103:15 - 103:18

more from that side it took her a while

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to dial it in

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now she's hit five winners and this

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one's a beauty I just really steps up

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and goes for that shot she feels very

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comfortable off that backhand side

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especially down the line

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Wow

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and Sharapova now she lets out a stream

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because she knows it wasn't easy but

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she's at even terms really trying to

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pump herself self up there she can feel

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that was acting a little bit stronger so

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that says who do you thinks the best

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fighter in the women's game let's hear

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from you join the discussion go to our

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Twitter account

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send a note to myself Jill tell us who

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you thinks the best fighter in women's

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tennis currently amongst active players

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Sharapova has to be one of the choices

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you have but Caroline Wozniacki could

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also be in your thought process

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obviously Serena Williams

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you're welcome Miriam but don't forget

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to tell us where you're at and the fact

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that you can hear Sharapova not the

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grunts during points but after the

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come-ons and stuff lets you know how

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seriously she's taking this and how

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seriously she's taking the threat from

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Wozniacki exactly I mean she knows what

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was new Yaqui is such a great fighter as

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well and it's gonna be a competitive

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third set she's really trying to pump

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herself up for everything

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I think the Twittersphere is gonna light

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up yeah give you the best fighter that

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means 10 this is

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[Applause]

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good job boys iake right now stay

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focused on you for your opponent scream

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out a little bit getting all fired up

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it's easy get distracted but was Nikki

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doing a good job right now staying

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focused within herself

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[Applause]

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it's never really been in question the

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mental fortitude of Caroline Wozniacki

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you can't be a two-time here and number

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one and not be strong and tough even

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under pressure she knows what's at stake

106:55 - 107:21

in this match and this third set

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particular not just the pregame slide

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she suffered a Sharapova of late but

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also the fact there's a major

107:25 - 107:31

quarterfinal at stake the site of the

107:27 - 107:31

only final she's reached in her career

107:33 - 107:41

goodness Jill Craybas we open up

107:37 - 107:44

Pandora's box of Twitter responses so

107:41 - 107:46

far it seems that Serena and Maria are

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in most people's opinion best fighters

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[Applause]

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couple responses Paul WTA tennis fin

107:52 - 107:56

says biggest fighter annoyingly Maria

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even this time she comes back from her

107:56 - 108:03

break down to win so begrudgingly Paul

107:59 - 108:04

is giving Maria the edge from South

108:03 - 108:08

Africa Luke says Serena Williams and

108:04 - 108:12

there is no match well okay just asking

108:08 - 108:14

Mozambique Claudio saying irani Sara

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Errani is a true fact

108:14 - 108:19

okay Italian to the

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[Applause]

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popa 7 1 2 in this decisive set

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brain-dead that's the name that popped

108:27 - 108:30

up it's not the Twitter account but

108:29 - 108:33

that's the name they're using says I

108:30 - 108:41

think Serena is is being a fighter she's

108:33 - 108:44

more tougher but attitude wise Maria I

108:41 - 108:44

think they're all great

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

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yes underscoring XTO says know about

109:24 - 109:31

Sharapova Ben Serena then Caroline also

109:27 - 109:34

mentioning Angelique Kerber Korea from

109:31 - 109:36

Durban South Africa says Maria is the

109:34 - 109:39

best fighter ever exclamation point no

109:36 - 109:41

doubt so their passion as well as

109:39 - 109:43

opinionated Marie has definitely proved

109:41 - 109:47

herself this year with all the three-set

109:43 - 110:00

matches that she's won that question D

109:47 - 110:02

says Victoria Azarenka is my choice to

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be able to focus here on the important

110:02 - 110:09

points and right now Caroline Wozniacki

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she is the more focused of the two great

110:09 - 110:13

aggressive game right now

110:11 - 110:16

she saw that ball and shortened just ran

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right through it

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breakpoints

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

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and Caroline says get up out of your

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seats he's with me

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and that's what she does so well we are

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seeing opponents of China got one extra

111:27 - 111:31

last one and that's the pressure that I

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got Sharapova right now and she's

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rewarded for her effort not just the

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point but the game and now out in front

111:37 - 111:46

the 3-1 lead great stuff as only a crowd

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like this in New York joy they are loud

111:46 - 111:49

they're boisterous they're not afraid to

111:48 - 111:51

show their emotion

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neither is Caroline Wozniacki she loved

111:51 - 111:56

it serving to consolidate the break

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[Applause]

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enthusiasm in Melbourne Paris but you

112:08 - 112:11

know how New Yorkers they don't hold

112:09 - 112:14

back their opinions forget about it

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it was terrific stuff that was all about

112:14 - 112:20

the quality of that point they're

112:17 - 112:22

definitely Maria fans and Rose Miyake

112:20 - 112:22

fans

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a note coming from and I think we have

112:30 - 112:35

to put it in perspective once again at

112:32 - 112:36

noon yeah yogi 1 2 3 4 it says your

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praise of Maria's being the best

112:36 - 112:42

competitors suspect ever seen her play

112:39 - 112:43

Serena Serena breaks her at will well I

112:42 - 112:45

mean you have a point

112:43 - 112:48

considering the 16 Tootie lifetime edge

112:45 - 112:49

that Serina holds over Maria but that's

112:48 - 112:51

not the point we were trying to make not

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the best competitor the best fighter the

112:51 - 113:01

one who stays in each and every point

112:53 - 113:04

always championships match last year

113:01 - 113:06

Serena versus lean on the point it was a

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moment Serina granted she was probably

113:06 - 113:10

tired had been a long season one of the

113:08 - 113:15

great years but just a couple points

113:10 - 113:17

seem to go away some players struggle

113:15 - 113:19

with other players and no matter like

113:17 - 113:30

this style of game sometimes don't match

113:19 - 113:34

up quite well and Serena's game hasn't

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beat her since 2004 but she beats wing

113:34 - 113:38

effects yeah I mean there's a level

113:37 - 113:40

respect there but when she'd come down

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play Serena she's still gonna fight for

113:40 - 113:44

every point and I think that's what

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we're talking about so thanks for your

113:44 - 113:46

input

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is a waiting way in the front of a road

113:59 - 114:02

city it's going to take a heck of an

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effort for Maria to come back here needs

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to find a way to disrupt the flow with

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Caroline Wozniacki is put forth a chaise

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review we'll see if that can be started

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don't see that small stage as it was

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called out Sharapova will lose a

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challenge in the set

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yes they will put a cap on it for the

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moment say that Michael Brill says craps

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maybe says its best

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Serena's the best at raising the level

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unneeded Sharapova's level is more

115:02 - 115:09

consistent in each match thanks for your

115:06 - 115:13

input at us opposite of 2014 here's was

115:09 - 115:15

the actions bid for four run she's got

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it

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get out wide serve stretches Maria

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that's her off important just open the

115:22 - 115:26

back holes passport winner just as she

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wanted her 21st winner now gives her

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that chance for four of the first five

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games of this third set

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[Music]

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quite done with it yes

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[Applause]

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yeah

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[Applause]

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advantage

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such a good job of resetting herself

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getting ready for the next point

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kudos to Wozniacki - for just allowing

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herself to not be distracted by anything

116:39 - 116:45

plays her game she looks to benefit

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second trying for one

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two days away from the quarterfinals

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by the end a 3-game slide - Sharapova

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three straight games for Caroline

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Wozniacki she tries to stem the tide of

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three consecutive matches she has lost

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to Maria Sharapova the best result at a

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major scene right here on this very

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court back in 2009 she lost to Kim

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Cloisters the only time she's reached a

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finals since then plagued constantly by

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will you ever get back to a final your

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former number one when you ever win a

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major maybe 2014 US Open would it be a

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year and she says I'm gonna make a deep

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push and she's doing well against the

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five seed in 2006 champion here Maria

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Sharapova

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Sharapova serving one for set number

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three just a third ace of the day

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another comeback

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the game really well good to first

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serves gonna have to start well I'm back

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in this third set

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1:08 gun one hundred and seventy three

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point eight km/h to pick up her second a

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sub-game

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no time to cut the lead in half that was

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right around a minute or so she's able

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to blast two aces and hold it love

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arguably easiest service game of the

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match though she did hold it love I can

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game number two of this cell now it

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comes down to can Caroline Wozniacki

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close is this the time when she can step

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up a couple hole to serve she's into the

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Elite Eight

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the other aspect that might be

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intriguing is that mother nature might

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be intervening on this Sunday we've had

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spectacular weather for the first six

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days but there are some heavy winds

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coming in it with it it's bringing

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weather out of the West some lightning

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is being reported off in the distance

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where there's lightning

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parade right here looking to fight back

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game number seven down the break players

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are very aware of that weather coming in

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they can feel it some temperature drops

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a little bit

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you get the feeling theater is feeling a

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little more like sad right now

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forget the coaching aspect okay

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you're doing well there his daughter

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Sharapova giving yourself a

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along with accomplishing the stated goal

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of reaching the quarterfinals

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the last teenager to win the US Open was

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that woman 2006 at the age of 19 Maria

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Sharapova champion in New York won over

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five major titles last year did not

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travel here to the Big Apple to compete

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in the US Open in fact missed most of

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the last half of last year with the

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right shoulder injury she's never out

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until they say the match is over from

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Maria Sharapova she serves to stay in

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set number three and the tournament

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Caroline Wozniacki faces Sara Errani in

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the quarterfinals

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Sharapova saw her

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hold up her hand with the ball you

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should serve you balls the balls will go

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through the air a little bit faster tend

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to fly a little bit more

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oops dryer you put a little bit more

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spin on the ball when you have new balls

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and that's worked well for was an

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athlete so far that's match the inside

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out back into the formula Sharapova

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really stretching her wide on that side

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fighting for errors off the shelf Hill

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Sharapova forehand

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one of the big victories for Caroline

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Wozniacki against Maria Sharapova she's

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only had to was four years ago she's

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trying to dial it back up in this very

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round she defeated Sharapova in straight

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sets it hasn't been that easy today but

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she does hold that point

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while she did it as she wanted to do she

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finishes the match with a winner to

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become the winner

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it wasn't a defensive spectacle for

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Caroline Wozniacki

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she came out ready to play and to take

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down Maria Sharapova who has been

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silenced in New York as the Great Dane

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moved through to the last date with a

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6-4 2-6 6-2 victory

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well joke Ramos and pretty spectacular

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machen lived up to much of it a little

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bit downside for Maria Sharapova is she

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couldn't keep her level of play as she

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and hopefully said that that is really

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up credit words to Caroline Wozniacki

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was

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and test it when it mattered most

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particularly in the big points

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you saw her play more similar in the

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third set as she did in the first set

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that more aggressive style play she

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wasn't scared to move forward we saw her

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retreat a little bit in the second set

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and Sharapova lifts her level and that

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made the difference in that set but in

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the end credit to Wozniacki for getting

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over that second day lifting her level

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and playing more aggressive and she

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deserved to win in the end

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absolutely and now she's into the

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quarterfinals yeah that's amazing you

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know I can't I can't describe the

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feeling being down here and playing in

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front of this amazing crowd you know

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this is why we practice and it's amazing

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thank you so much for coming out and

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supporting today

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Caroline you've had an amazing summer

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how much does it mean to have this huge

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wind pier at the US Open it means so

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much to me you know it's been a bit up

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and down this year for me so you know

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this u.s. hardcourt season has been

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really great and to win today you know

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against a champion like Maria you know

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it's an unbelievable feeling how are you

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able to get the momentum back early in

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the third set you know I think the first

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two sets from both of us maybe wearing

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the highest quality you know it's really

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difficult with the wind but I think we

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both picked it up in the third set and

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you know play some great tennis Carolyn

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you're training for the New York

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Marathon and you ran a lot in this match

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how much has that training helped you

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four days like today

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it definitely has helped me you know I

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don't know what I've gotten myself into

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with running marathon but it's gonna be

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an unbelievable experience and you know

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I'm running it for I'm I'm running it

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for charity I'm doing it for team for

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kids underprivileged kids to starts into

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sports and get a healthier lifestyle so

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if any of you want to help donate and

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raise some money for for that cause you

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know look at my Twitter you know all the

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information is there you won't be

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running any extra this afternoon for it

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will you I think this afternoon I'm just

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gonna take a nice bath have a massage

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and chill and I think I deserve to have

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some chocolate or something absolutely

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fine Lady Caroline you're back in the

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quarterfinals for the first time since

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2011 you take on the italian sara errani

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what are your thoughts on that matchup

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you know right now I'm just so happy to

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be through now

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sorry it's a tough opponent she gets so

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many balls back so I need to stay

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aggressive and just enjoy it you know

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quarterfinals again here is incredible

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congratulations Caroline best of luck

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thank you

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you

Maria Sharapova vs Caroline Wozniacki: Epic Battle in US Open Quarterfinals

In the thrilling encounter between Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki at the US Open, the battle for dominance and resilience took center stage. Sharapova, known for her powerful shots and fighting spirit, faced Wozniacki, a formidable opponent with a strong will and determination. In a clash of two former world number ones, the match provided a captivating display of skill, strategy, and mental strength.

The Ultimate Fighter: Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion, is renowned for her competitive spirit and unwavering focus on the court. Despite facing setbacks with injuries and setbacks, Sharapova's ability to fight back in three-set matches has been a hallmark of her career. Known for her explosive groundstrokes and never-say-die attitude, Sharapova's determination to compete at the highest level has made her a force to be reckoned with in women's tennis.

The Resilient Challenger: Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki, a former world number one, has shown remarkable resilience and consistency throughout her career. With a strong defensive game and excellent court coverage, Wozniacki's ability to retrieve shots and control the tempo of the match has been her trademark. In the battle against Sharapova, Wozniacki's focus and determination have shone through, leading her to victory with intelligent shot selection and strategic play.

A Grueling Three-Set Showdown

The match between Sharapova and Wozniacki provided a showcase of high-quality tennis, with both players pushing each other to the limit. Sharapova's powerful strokes and fighting spirit clashed with Wozniacki's defensive prowess and strategic play, creating a thrilling back-and-forth battle. As the match went into a decisive third set, it was Wozniacki who maintained her composure and executed her game plan to perfection, eventually emerging victorious in a hard-fought contest.

Captivating the Crowd and Making History

With the crowd on the edge of their seats, Sharapova and Wozniacki delivered a spectacle of talent and determination. The match not only showcased the resilience and fighting spirit of both players but also highlighted the unique styles and strategies they bring to the court. As Wozniacki secured her spot in the quarterfinals, the stage was set for a historic clash against Sara Errani, promising another thrilling chapter in the US Open.

In the end, it was Caroline Wozniacki who emerged triumphant, showcasing her resilience, determination, and skill in a memorable battle against a fierce competitor. The match served as a testament to the fighting spirit of both players and the intensity of competition at the highest level of women's tennis. As the US Open quarterfinals unfold, fans can expect more thrilling matches and