Maria Sharapova beats Christina McHale 6-2, 6-1 in second round at U.S. Open

Maria Sharapova, the former world’s number one, looked the part on Thursday night as she cruised past Christina McHale in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the 2009 U.S. Open.


Sharapova struggled a bit with her first serve, putting just 50 percent in play but she managed to win 79 percent of those offerings. The Russian committed seven double faults and 20 unforced errors in the match but McHale was overmatched and could produce just six winners in the match.

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Maria Sharapova beats Christina McHale 6-2, 6-1 in second round at U.S. Open

Maria Sharapova, the former world’s number one, looked the part on Thursday night as she cruised past Christina McHale in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the 2009 U.S. Open.


Sharapova struggled a bit with her first serve, putting just 50 percent in play but she managed to win 79 percent of those offerings. The Russian committed seven double faults and 20 unforced errors in the match but McHale was overmatched and could produce just six winners in the match.

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Maria Sharapova cruises into WTA 3nd round Rogers Cup - 2009

Maria Sharapova struggled in her 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) win over Austria's Sybille Bammer in double-faulting 17 times. "I'm actually having a competition with myself to see how many errors and double faults I can make and still win the match in two sets," said Sharapova.

"It's pretty interesting. The more I was out there, the worse I was playing." Sharapova set up a third-round match against Vera Zvonareva, the seventh seed.

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Maria Sharapova advanced into Rogers Cup semis

Late last night just when it looked as if a third set was eminent, the former world number one Maria Sharapova of Russia battled back from a 2-5 second set deficit to close out the 14th seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-2, 7-6(7-5) to reach today's Roger's Cup semifinals.


Sharapova, who saw her ranking plummet from number one in May of last year to number 126 in May of this year, took nine months off from the WTA Tour following a an October shoulder surgery. The Russian, know for her glamorous looks, loud screams during play, and very aggressive groundstrokes, is currently ranked number 49 and stands a slim chance of obtaining a ranking high enough for a US Open seed with a final round showing this week in Toronto.

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