| Maria Sharapova (RUS) |
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6 |
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| Tatiana Golovin (FRA) |
0 |
3 |
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Top-seeded Maria Sharapova needed only 1 hour and 22 minutes to eliminate 13th seeded Tatiana Golovin of France, 6-0, 6-3, in a third-round match at the Acura Classic.
On a warm, sunny afternoon on Stadium Court at the La Costa Resort and Spa, Sharapova, who is the defending Acura Classic champion, wasted little time as she used three service breaks in winning the first set in 37 minutes.
In the second set, Sharapova continued to roll as she broke Golovin’s serve twice to take a 3-0 lead.
Golovin finally got on the scoreboard in the fourth game as she broke Sharapova at love. After holding her own serve, Golovin broke the Russian again to tie the set at 3-3.
The Russian got back on track and broke Golovin serve and then held her own serve at love for a 5-3 lead.
Golovin served to stay in the match but fell behind 15-40. She fought off two match points, however on the third match point, she threw in a double fault to end the match and send Sharapova into the quarterfinals.
- Sharapova will face India’s Sania Mirza in the quarterfinals.
- Sharapova is ranked number two in the world.
- Sharapova now leads Golovin 5-0 in career head-to-head meetings.
- Sharapova improves her 2007 match record to 28-8.
- Sharapova is making her third career Acura Classic appearance.
- Golovin is ranked 19 in the world.
- Golovin’s 2007 match record is now 27-11.
- Golovin was making her third career Acura Classic appearance.
- Golovin has represented France in Fed Cup play.
- Golovin won the mixed doubles title at Roland Garros in 2004
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