Twice Birmingham champion Maria Sharapova had to play her rain-interrupted second round match for three days to finally beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the AEGON Classic in Birmingham.
The match was first supposed to be played on Tuesday before being cancelled, then the rain delayed it for Wednesday when it was disrupted again at 4-0 40-30 in favor of the second-seeded Sharapova. Finally, the match was completed on Thursday with the score 6-0 6-3.
Due to these rain delays Sharapova is forced to play her third round right after her second round, and at the moment she is playing against fellow Russian Alla Kudryavtseva. (photo by our reader Richard)
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Wow. She plays two matches in a day (well one and a half) and loses seven games in the process. Please keep this up for SW19 Masha 🙂
OMG…lol
I thought you made a mistake Marija…I thought u wanted to write 3 hours instead of days…
Congrats Masha…I really like her! A lot!
Anyone excited for FIFA?? I know I am? Who will everyone be cheering for?