Maria Sharapova fires back at Caroline Wozniacki at U.S. Open
Maria Sharapova fired back at Caroline Wozniacki, who was critical earlier in the week of the Russian getting to play at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the premier court at the U.S. Open.
"With regards to scheduling, as you know, I don't make the schedule," Sharapova said Friday night after winning her third-round match. "I'm a pretty big competitor. If you put me out in the parking lot of Queens in New York City, I'm happy to play there. That's not what matters to me. All that matters to me is I'm in the fourth round. Yeah, I'm not sure where she is."
Sharapova, who is ranked No. 146 in the world, is playing her first Grand Slam tournament since serving a 15-month suspension for the use of meldonium. She received a wild card to play in New York.
A five-time Grand Slam champion, Sharapova won the 2006 U.S. Open. She's played all three matches at this year's Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Here's what Woz said after losing a second-round match to Ekaterina Makarova.
"I think putting out a schedule where the No. 5 in the world in playing on Court 5, fifth match on after 11 [p.m.], I think that is unacceptable. When you look at center court, I understand completely the business side of things and everything, but someone who comes back from a drug sentence, and you know, performance enhancing drugs, and then all of the sudden gets to play every single match on center court, I think that's a questionable thing to do."
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