Revived Sharapova eases into third round

Former champion Maria Sharapova continued her steady improvement since undergoing shoulder surgery with a clinical 6-1 6-4 victory over Romania’s Ioana Raluca Olaru in the second round at Wimbledon.

By (Reuters)

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Published: Thu 24 Jun 2010, 8:08 PM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 9:04 AM

The 2004 champion, seeded 17 this year, made frequent forays to the net to punish anything short from the world number 114 and raced to the opener in 32 minutes.

Olaru, beaten 6-0 6-0 by Victoria Azarenka at this stage last year, offered stiffer resistance in the second but the Russian wrapped it up after an 82 minutes.

She will play Slovakian 24th seed Daniela Hantuchova or Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova for a place in the fourth round.


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