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Sharapova wins twice to advance

Associated Press

Thursday, June 11, 2009

BIRMINGHAM, England -- Maria Sharapova won twice within hours Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Aegon Classic. Extending her comeback after a 10-month layoff because of a shoulder injury and surgery, Sharapova needed only two minutes and five points to wrap up a 6-3, 6-4 victory against American Alexa Glatch in a second-round match suspended Wednesday by rain. The unseeded Sharapova then required little more than an hour to dispatch seventh-seeded Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 6-3. H ...

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