World No. 2 Maria Sharapova defeated fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) at the WTA and ATP Miami hardcourt tournament on Monday to set up a quarter-final clash with China's Li Na. Sharapova, the 2011 Miami runner-up, is chasing her first title at the event after finishing second three times. She lost in the final last year to Victoria Azarenka and in 2005 and 2006. "I felt like I was up a set and a break, and played a bit sloppy," Sharapova said. "Combination of her stepping up, and being much more aggressive. She had opportunities, served for the second set. "I just hung in there and stayed consistent. I played a much smarter tiebreaker, and I think that helped me." Sharapova saved break point 11 of 15 times and converted on five of eight break point opportunities to advance into a matchup against Li, who rallied to beat Sabine Lisicki 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Sharapova double faulted 11 times but shrugged it off. "Yeah, it's definitely not easy to play with that," Sharapova said. "But I managed to win the match in two sets, so that's a plus. "Definitely consistency will be really important in the next match and getting the percentage up, and also returning a little bit better, little things here and there." American 10th seed Serena Williams defeated Australian sixth seed Samantha Stosur 7-5, 6-3 in a rematch of the 2011 US Open final. The 30-year-old Williams won 85 percent of her first serve points and converted four of her 13 break point opportunities in the one hour, 46 minute match. In the final eight, Williams will face the winner between fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki and Yanina Wickmayer. In men's action, world number one Novak Djokovic beat Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-4 in an all-Serb matchup, Richard Gasquet of France stopped Albert Ramos 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 and Spaniard David Ferrer defeated Julien Benneteau 7-6 (7/5), 6-4.
GMT 22:27 2018 Thursday ,13 December
Russian swimmer Prigoda takes gold in China with new WR in men’s 200m breaststrokeGMT 11:54 2018 Tuesday ,11 December
Ajax and Bayern in tasty Champions League duel for first placeGMT 17:44 2018 Tuesday ,23 October
Russian UFC Champ Nurmagomedov’s win was "fair and square"GMT 21:29 2018 Friday ,19 October
Moscow to host 2020 European Weightlifting ChampionshipsGMT 16:48 2018 Monday ,15 October
Russian fighter Nurmagomedov may be suspended for six monthsGMT 18:14 2018 Sunday ,07 October
Russia’s Nurmagomedov crushes McGregor, defends UFC titleGMT 17:44 2018 Thursday ,04 October
Underdogs CSKA beat Real Madrid in Moscow while a man downGMT 16:40 2018 Sunday ,02 September
Unified Korean team delivers historic medals, hopesMaintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor