Tennis: Sharapova keeps Miami title quest on track
Maria Sharapova kept her quest for a first Miami title on track Wednesday with a hard-fought 7-5, 7-5 quarter-final triumph over Italy’s Sara Errani.
Maria Sharapova kept her quest for a first Miami title on track Wednesday with a hard-fought 7-5, 7-5 quarter-final triumph over Italy’s Sara Errani.
Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic won singles matches against Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in an exhibition event Saturday before losing to the Italians in doubles.
Sara Errani hailed Serena Williams as “incredible” on Friday after the lightweight Italian became the American’s latest humiliated US Open victim.
Sara Errani captured the Palermo Open on Sunday to become the first Italian ever to win four WTA titles in a season.
Absolutely perfect — 24 points played, 24 points won. Can’t be any better than wild-card entry Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazahstan was at the beginning of her third-round match at Wimbledon on Saturday, winning every single point in the 15-minute first set of what became a 6-0, 6-4 victory over French Open runner-up Sara Errani of Italy. It’s the only “golden set” for a woman in the 44 years of professional tennis.
Australia’s Samantha Stosur is expecting a heavyweight French Open semi-final challenge from pint-sized Italian Sara Errani and won’t be fooled by the slight figure on the other side of the net.
