Maria Sharapova sits in the Porsche sports car she won after beating Serbia's Ana Ivanovic in the final of the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Sunday. - AFP
STUTTGART (AFP): Maria Sharapova claimed a hat-trick of Stuttgart titles after coming from behind to win a three-set battle royal with Ana Ivanovic in Sunday's final.
Having won the 2012 and 2013 titles here, the 27-year-old Sharapova was made to work hard for her 13th consecutive win on Stuttgart's clay-courts for the 30th final win of her career before over-powering Ivanovic to claim a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory in just over two hours.
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