Monday, March 28, 2011Top seed Wozniacki sent crashing by Petkovic in miami (CNN) -- Top seed Caroline Wozniacki has crashed out in the last 16 of the Sony Ericsson Masters in Miami, beaten in three sets by Germany's Andrea Petkovic. Petkovic, seeded 21st and ranked 23rd in the world, took two-and-a-half hours to reach the quarterfinals courtesy of a shock 7-5 3-6 6-3 success. The 23-year-old Petkovic, who becomes the first German woman to beat a world number one since Steffi Graf defeated Martina Hingis in the 1999 French Open final, told the official WTA website: "I feel great. I don't really believe it. I'm still caught up in my emotions. "I had a strict gameplan thanks to my coach, and I stuck to it. Sometimes when the other player starts playing better, like Caroline did in the second set, you can panic and lose your gameplan, but I stuck to it until the end. "Most players think they can overpower Caroline, but that's not the right approach because she can bring every ball back. I mixed it up a little bit and thankfully it worked in the end." I feel great. I don't really believe it. I'm still caught up in my emotions --Andrea Petkovic RELATED TOPICS Caroline Wozniacki Kim Clijsters Novak Djokovic WTA Tour Inc. ATP World Tour In other women's matches, Russian 16th seed Maria Sharapova rolled back the years, overpowering fourth seed Samantha Stosur 6-4 6-1 to reach the last eight. Meanwhile, second seed Kim Clijsters was given a scare by Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. The Belgian struggled to a 6-4 4-6 6-3 victory and she told the official WTA Tour website: "A couple of times my footwork wasn't right and I wasn't playing how I should have been, but I'm happy I was able to move through." The victory was the 500th of Clijsters' career and she next faces former world number one Ana Ivanovic, who advanced after Virgine Razzano of France was forced to retire through injury. Third seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia beat Australian Jarmila Groth 7-6 6-2 while fifth-seeded French Open champion Francesca Schiavone beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-4 7-6. Ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska is also through, after winning a tricky last 32 clash with Russian 24th seed Maria Kirilenko 7-6 6-3, while Indian Wells semifinalist Marion Bartoli, seeded 15th, crushed Ekaterina Makarova 6-0 6-2. In the men's section, Novak Djokovic is through to the last 16, thrashing James Blake in straight sets to win his 20th consecutive ATP Tour match. The second-seeded Serb continued his remarkable form this season by thrashing his American opponent 6-2 6-0 in 52 minutes. Djokovic, who has won all three tournaments he has played in this season, told the official ATP Tour website: "To be honest, I'm taking it one match at a time. "I am trying to win against the opponent that I have today and not thinking about what happened or what can happen. "I have been working really hard on my serve in the last 10 months, and now it's coming back to me. I have been really trying to use that serve and trying to get some free points out of it, and tonight it was working really great," Djokovic added. The victory means Djokovic becomes only the third player in the last 30 years to go 20 matches unbeaten from the start of the season. Only John McEnroe (39) in 1984 and Ivan Lendl (25) in 1986 have longer unbeaten starts to the season. In other matches, 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro produced his best performance since returning to action from injury, rolling over fourth seed Robin Soderling 6-3 6-2. Soderling, who like Djokovic has won three titles this season, proved no match for the Argentine, who has now beaten the Swede in their last three encounters and is up to 51st in the world despite missing eight months after wrist surgery. Del Potro now faces Mardy Fish for a quarterfinal place, after the 14th seed kept alive American hopes of victory by beating Frenchman Richard Gasquet in straight sets. Fish is the highest-ranked home player remaining following the elimination of defending champion Andy Roddick, and he never looked in danger of following his compatriot out of the tournament, winning 6-4 6-3 in 91 minutes.

COMMENT: That the german woman petkovic beat the number one wozniacki in the tourment of miami and she become the first woman to beat number one lady