Monday, September 3, 2012

Sharapova advances to fourth round at US Open




NEW YORK: Third seed Maria Sharapova won 12 of the last 13 points of her match on Friday to defeat Mallory Burdette 6-1, 6-1 and advance to the fourth round of the US Open.


Sharapova, who completed the career Grand Slam earlier this year at the French Open, needed only 58 minutes at 90-degree Arthur Ashe Stadium to wrap up the win over Burdette.


Sharapova has not been tested so far this year at Flushing Meadows, losing a total of seven games over her first three matches.


Since winning the US Open in 2006, this is only the second time Sharapova has advanced to the round of 16.


Sharapova later said she is no longer engaged to professional basketball player Sasha Vujacic.

The four-time Grand Slam title winner said their relationship has been over "since the end of spring, actually."

Added Sharapova: "It was obviously a challenging decision, you know, from both of our ends."

Word of their engagement came in October 2010, when Vujacic said he had proposed on the one-year anniversary of their first meeting at a friend's barbecue.

The Slovenian guard was a first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Lakers in 2004, and played for them until being traded to the New Jersey Nets in the 2010-11 season, then left the NBA to play in Turkey.

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