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Saturday 29 April 2017
Sharapova wins again, reaches
semifinals at Porsche GP
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) next faces the fourth-seed- comeback is what’s out on
— Maria Sharapova won ed Simona Halep, who pro- the court and I will leave it Russia’s Maria Sharapova celebrates her victory against Esto-
again to move into the gressed against Anastasija at that.” nia’s Anett Kontaveit during their quarterfinal match at the WTA
Porsche Grand Prix semi- Sevastova of Latvia 6-3, 6-1. Kontaveit had only five un- tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday, April 28, 2017.
finals after beating Anett Mladenovic ousted two- forced errors in the first set,
Kontaveit of Estonia 6-3, 6-4 time defending champion but Sharapova broke for Associated Press
on Friday. Angelique Kerber on Thurs- 4-3 and won the next two
In her third match following day and is one of several games. The Russian broke
a 15-month doping ban, players who has criticized early in the second set, too,
Sharapova converted five Sharapova for her doping and then again for 4-2.
of her six break points. violation, but the Russian Sharapova finished the
“I’m really enjoying myself,” said she will not use it as match with four aces to
she said. added motivation in their raise her total for the tour-
The five-time Grand Slam semifinal on Saturday. nament to 24.
champion will next face “I’m not someone that uses “I didn’t back off, I didn’t
Kristina Mladenovic of that as part of my come- back down and those are
France, who overcame back,” Sharapova said of kind of the moments that
Carla Suarez Navarro of comments against her from I like putting myself into,”
Spain 6-3, 6-2. her peers, adding she pre- said Sharapova, who won
Last year’s runner up and fers her tennis do her talk- this indoor clay event three
home favorite, Laura Siege- ing. times from 2012-14.
mund, upset second-seed- “My results have spoken The former No. 1 entered
ed Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (3), for everything that I should the Stuttgart event on a
5-7, 6-3 in a match that last- speak for. wild card after losing her
ed over three hours. And that’s all that mat- ranking because of the
The wild card from Stuttgart ters. The biggest part of my ban.q
