Maria Sharapova of Russia waves to the crowd after beating compatriot Maria Kirilenko during their match at the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
(Reuters) - Maria Sharapova found no room for sentiment on Monday to give her old friend Maria Kirilenko a tennis lesson and roll to a 6-4 6-0 win and into the second round of the U.S. Open.
Returning to Arthur Ashe stadium for the first time in two years after she missed last year's tournament with injury, a ruthless Sharapova made it crystal clear she was not going to let friendship stand in her way of a second title at Flushing Meadows.
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