Sharapova crushes Venus to reach fourth round
Agence France-Presse
6:11 pm | Friday, January 18th, 2013

Maria Sharapova AP Photo
MELBOURNE – Second seed Maria Sharapova sent Venus Williams crashing out of the Australian Open Friday in a crushing straight sets defeat in the third round.
The Russian, who was champion at Melbourne Park in 2008, was in rampant form, winning 6-1, 6-3 in 79 minutes on Rod Laver Arena against the vastly experienced American.
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