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World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki crashed out of the Sony Ericsson Open - as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal secured their places in the last 16 of the men's draw in Miami.Top seed Wozniacki slumped to a 7-5 3-6 6-3 fourth-round defeat to world No.23 Andrea Petkovic as the Russian chalked up her first ever win over the Dane.
She will now meet Jelena Jankovic in the last eight following her straightforward 6-1 6-3 win over Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain.
Maria Sharapova also continued her recent resurgence with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Samantha Stosur. Her next opponent will be Romania's Alexandra Dulgheru.
Meanwhile, Nadal was a 6-3 6-3 winner over Spanish compatriot Feliciano Lopez and will now play either Alexandr Dolgopolov or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Third seed Federer edged past Juan Monaco of Argentina 7-6 (4) 6-4 to book a date with Belgium's Olivier Rochus, who was a surprise winner over 13th seed Mikhail Youzhny.
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