Maria Sharapova returns a shot to fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round of the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Thursday. Sharapova won the match in straight sets. - AFP
STUTTGART (AFP): Defending champion Maria Sharapova reached the last eight of the Stuttgart WTA tournament on Thursday with a convincing 6-4, 6-3 win over fellow-Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
The 27-year-old Sharapova needed just one hour, 32 minutes to see off Pavlyuchenkova to pick up her tenth straight win in Stuttgart, having won the 2012 and 2013 titles, and faces Polish top seed Agnieszka Radwanska in Friday's quarter-finals.
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