U.S. Open: Caroline Wozniacki wins in 3 hours, 2 minutes

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In a match both mesmerizing and maddening, top-seeded and top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki beat 2004 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-1, in the fourth round of the U.S. Open, a match that lasted 3 hours 2 minutes in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Kuznetsova committed 78 unforced errors yet somehow led Wozniacki, the 21-year-old Dane who was a finalist here two years ago, by a set and 4-1. But Wozniacki, whose No. 1 ranking gets questioned because she has never won a major championship, said she had one mind-set.

‘I had to keep playing, keep playing every point.’

Kuznetsova was always the aggressor but the effort also cost the 26-year-old Russian, who took a long break after losing the second set.

‘I think one of my strengths is that I never give up,’ Wozniacki said. ‘I felt like I could play another two or three sets.’

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-- Diane Pucin, reporting from New York