Sara Errani's softly-softly approach paid off Sunday as she booked her US Open quarter-final berth with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 victory over Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. The 13th seeded Italian was the first woman into the last eight, where she could find former champion Maria Sharapova or Caroline Wozniacki waiting for her.
Lucic-Baroni, a 32-year-old qualifier ranked 121 in the world, accounted for the third-round exit of world number two Simona Halep. But the Croatian, a teen sensation in the 1990s whose career was derailed by the trauma of an abusive father, financial troubles and injury, couldn't find a way past the metronomic Errani.
The Italian played it safe on a windy Arthur Ashe Stadium court, coming up with just four outright winners to the 46 of Lucic-Baroni - but also committing only nine unforced errors to the 69 of her opponent.
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