Sharapova reaches quarters as Mirza run ends
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed Maria Sharapova ended the historic run of Indian teenager Sania Mirza at the U.S. Open on Sunday with a comprehensive 6-2 6-1 victory.
Mirza, the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a grand slam tournament, traded crunching groundstrokes with the Russian world number two but was gradually overpowered.
Sharapova broke Mirza to lead 4-2 in the first set and then fended off three break points in the next game to build a commanding lead over the world number 42.
The second set was one-way traffic as the 2004
Wimbledon champion sped to a victory that set up a quarter-final with fellow Russian Nadia Petrova.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/
Mirza, the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a grand slam tournament, traded crunching groundstrokes with the Russian world number two but was gradually overpowered.
Sharapova broke Mirza to lead 4-2 in the first set and then fended off three break points in the next game to build a commanding lead over the world number 42.
The second set was one-way traffic as the 2004
Wimbledon champion sped to a victory that set up a quarter-final with fellow Russian Nadia Petrova.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/
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