{"id":115577,"date":"2017-09-02T04:13:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T08:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=115577"},"modified":"2017-09-02T04:13:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T08:13:25","slug":"sharapova-swats-away-wozniackis-us-open-court-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/02\/sharapova-swats-away-wozniackis-us-open-court-complaint\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharapova swats away Wozniacki’s US Open court complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sharapova responded Friday to comments from Caroline Wozniacki, who complained after she was eliminated that Sharapova was scheduled for Arthur Ashe Stadium while she played an outer court. \u00a0(Photo<\/a>: Maria Sharapova\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK — Maria Sharapova doesn’t care where she plays at the U.S. Open, only that she’s still playing.<\/p>\n

Sharapova responded Friday to comments from Caroline Wozniacki, who complained after she was eliminated that Sharapova was scheduled for Arthur Ashe Stadium while she played on an outer court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s not what matters to me,\u201d Sharapova said following her 7-5, 6-2 victory over American Sofia Kenin. \u201cAll that matters to me is I’m in the fourth round. I’m not sure where she is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sharapova, given a wild card by the U.S. Tennis Association into her first Grand Slam tournament since a 15-month doping ban, has played all three matches on the main court.<\/p>\n

Wozniacki, the No. 5 seed, said she thought that was a poor example following her second-round defeat Wednesday in a match that was scheduled for one outside court and eventually moved to another late in the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look on centre court, I understand completely the\u00a0business\u00a0side of things and everything, but someone who comes back from a drug sentence and performance-enhancing drugs and then all of a sudden gets to play every single match on centre court, I think that’s a questionable thing to do,\u201d Wozniacki told Ekstrabladet TV of Denmark.<\/p>\n

Ashe is usually reserved for the top players. Sharapova is a five-time Grand Slam champion, but she is unseeded here with a ranking that has tumbled to No. 146 following her suspension.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith regards to scheduling, as you know, I don’t make the schedule,\u201d Sharapova said. \u201cI’m a pretty big competitor. If you put me out in a parking lot of Queens in New York City, I’m happy to play there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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