SINGAPORE: TENNIS - Maria Sharapova begins her warm up for the Australian Open with a straight sets victory at an exhibition match in Singapore

Record ID: 784054

  • Title: SINGAPORE: TENNIS - Maria Sharapova begins her warm up for the Australian Open with a straight sets victory at an exhibition match in Singapore
  • Date: 31st December 2007
  • Summary: SINGAPORE (DECEMBER 30, 2007) (REUTERS) MARIA SHARAPOVA WALKS ON TO COURT/ CROWD APPLAUD CUTAWAY SCOREBOARD ANNA CHAKVETADZE ON COURT CROWD/PAN TO WIDE OF STADIUM TOSS TO DECIDE SHARAPOVA SERVES AND WINS POINT AT NET WITH EASY FOREHAND SHARAPOVA WINS POINT WITH FOREHAND PASS SCOREBOARD WITH SHARAPOVA LEADING 4-0 SHARAPOVA TAKES A DRINK AT CHANGEOVER
  • Embargoed: 15th January 2008 12:00
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  • Location: Singapore
  • Country: Singapore
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA3J71KQ478K6E4VPWOCHOPSPF1
  • Story Text: Maria Sharapova won an exhibition match against fellow Russian Anna Chakvetadze in Singapore on Sunday (December 30).
    The world number five won the first set 6-0 but the sixth-ranked Chakvetadze fought back in the second set, forcing the tiebreaker which Sharapova eventually won 12-10.
    Sharapova, who on Saturday (December 29) promised she would be taking the match seriously as it was one of her few warm ups for the Australian Open, now heads for Hong Kong to play in the JB Group Classic tournament from January 2-5. Her first match will be against 17-year-old Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, ranked 60 in the world, on Wednesday (January 2).
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