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Sharapova wins 1st tourney since layoff

Associated Press

Friday, October 2, 2009

TOKYO -- Maria Sharapova won her first tournament since returning from a 10-month injury layoff when Jelena Jankovic retired because of an arm injury in the first set of the Toray Pan Pacific final Saturday. Sharapova was up 5-2 at Ariake Colosseum when the seventh-seeded Serb took a timeout to have her right arm examined by the trainer. Jankovic returned to the court and lost the first two points of the eighth game before retiring. "It's disappointing," said Sharapova, who had arthroscopic ...

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