Agnieszka Radwanska celebrates her3-set win over Maria Sharapova
30th seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland stunned defending champion and #2 seed Maria Sharapova today at the 2007 U.S. Open by winning their third round match, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, in a match which lasted over two hours and was televised live on network television. This was a pretty shocking result as Sharapova was in the lower half of the draw as the only serious contender when the upper half of the draw has Justine Henin, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic. Ivanovic and Venus play their fourth round match tomorrow. Sharapova gains the dubious distinction of being the first #2 seed to lose before the 4th round in over 25 years. Fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova became the first defending US Open champion to lose in the first round in 2005. She now has a very good chance of getting to the semifinal or final if she can get past Anna Chakvetadze (and Martina Hingis).
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