PARIS: Maria Sharapova sailed into quarterfinals of French open after
defeating Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan by 1-6 6-3 6-4.
Former world number one Sharapova, a semi-finalist in 2007, has won all three of
her matches this week in three sets and goes on to play 25th seed Li Na, a 7-5
6-1 victory over Olga Govortsova.
Third seed Venus Williams became the first big name to exit the French Open with
a 6-0 6-4 defeat by Agnes Szavay.
Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam winner, has now fallen at the third round in
each of the last three years.
Szavay, the 29th seed from Hungary, stormed through the first set and then edged
out Williams in the second to set up a meeting with Dominika Cibulkova.
Top seed Dinara Safina beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-0 and Ana Ivanovic
overcame Iveta Benesova 6-0 6-2.
Bad light suspended play on Court 1 of the match between Belarusian Azarenka and
Navarro of Spain with the score at 5-7 7-5. |
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