• Wimbledon, Day Five

What They Said

ESPN staff
June 24, 2011
Maria Sharapova was given a run for her money by Laura Robson © Getty Images
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Men's round-up: Roddick crashes out
Women's round-up: Wozniacki waltzes past Razzano
What They Said

Maria Sharapova kept her title bid on track but had to withstand an early barrage before beating British teenager Laura Robson: "She started off the match so well and was going for her shots and serving well so I could not get too many looks on the first serve. But I just hung in there and started to play better as the match wore on. She is young, moving up and playing good tennis so there's no reason why the crowd should not be behind her. I feel [I need to work] on a little bit of everything. I made a few more errors than I should. But tomorrow is my next match and it will be nice to come out and play well."

Caroline Wozniacki was in sparkling form in disposing of Virginie Razzano in straight sets. She said: "I played well today. I thought and served well, returned well and moved well so was pretty pleased with my game today. I thought I played well. I had a longer warm-up yesterday (on account of the rain) and I warmed up as normal today."

Much has been made of Wozniacki being world No. 1 but not having a grand slam to her name. She can understand the concerns, as she said: "Every little girl knows what No. 1 is, no matter what you are doing. So if you are No. 1 it means you are doing something right, so I was dreaming of that. But as you get older and get into the game then you realise grand slams are big and you want to win."

Serena Williams, like Wozniacki was shunted off the show courts, and the Dane feels it is not right. She said: "I think everyone wants to play on the big courts. I played on Court 2 today and you just go out and try to win. I just hope that in my next match I will be on a bigger court. I think I deserve to be on a bigger court, as Serena does having won here so many times, but I went out of Court 2 and won, as Serena did, so we will have to see where they put us in the next round."

Five-time champion Venus Williams needed just an hour to dispatch Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in straight sets to set up a fourth-round clash with Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova, who claimed the scalp of second seed Vera Zvonareva. Pironkova stunned Williams in last year's quarter-finals, and the No. 23 seed is determined to avenge that defeat.

"I'm feeling good and it's great to be ready for the second week and I've got a couple of days off to get things in order," she said. "Last year I wasn't on my best game but this year I'm going to look forward to playing a bit better than I did last time."

Feliciano Lopez stunned eighth seed Andy Roddick to reach the fourth round in straight sets. Having never beaten the American in seven previous encounters, the Spaniard was delighted with his performance. "This was a big win for me. I played Andy so many times and he always beat me. It was so important for me to win today. Even though he beat me before, to beat him at Wimbledon is the most special. I'm happy to pay him back here on this wonderful court.

Three-time finalist Andy Roddick, who was bounced by world No. 82 Yen-Hsun Lu in the fourth round last year, made no excuses for his defeat to Lopez: "He played well. This year is a lot easier to deal with than last year, when I felt like I gave it away. I got beat. He came out and served as well as a person can. He played an outstanding match."

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