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Wozniacki Shuts Down Williams In Miami.


By Erik Gudris Photo Credit: Tony Chang/Chang Photography

(March 28th, 2012) The match ended with an expected straights set result, but the woman raising her arms in victory was, for many, an unexpected surprise.

No. 4 seed Caroline Wozniacki earned one of the biggest wins of her career by defeating for the first time No. 10 seed Serena Williams in the quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson Open. Having lost to Williams in their three previous meetings, Wozniacki didn't let past results faze her as her trademark counterpunching game forced Williams on the run during many of the rallies.

After going down an early break in the opening set, a sluggish Williams began to hit winners, but couldn't string enough of them together to punch through Wozniacki's stifling defense. After serving out the first set, Wozniacki continued to hold her ground until she broke for 2-1 in the second set with a backhand down the line winner.

Williams, frustrated by the 38 unforced errors she accumulated during the evening, including 21 on her forehand side, went down a double break at 4-1 after Wozniacki correctly challenged a Williams down the line backhand that was originally called in.

But down 2-5, Williams wasn't done as she summoned her best game to finally break Wozniacki for the first time and then held serve to force the Dane to try out and serve out the match again at 5-4. Williams, urging herself on, forced things to 30-all but Wozniacki, on the strength of her serve that yielded her four aces on the night, hit a final one to Williams's backhand that she netted giving Wozniacki a 6-4, 6-4 win.

Afterwards, Wozniacki agreed that her serve was one of the keys to her win. "I think my first serve in particular was good. First time I played against her I had match points and lost 7-6 in the third, so I knew that, you know, I had to do something or I had to serve well to close the match out, because she wasn't going to give me anything."

Williams thought she could have played much better but hopes to learn from the loss. "The good thing is I could've played a lot better," said Williams. "I probably played about twenty percent. You know, it would really suck and if I had to sit here and say I couldn't do any better. That's not the case."

Wozniacki will now face in the semifinals No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova who defeated for the first time in five meetings No. 8 seed Li Na 6-3, 6-0.

 

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