Papular Content
Obamas’ are welcome to visit Syria, says nation’s First Lady
Damascus (Syria), July 2 : Syria''s First Lady has told Sky News that she would welcome the Obamas' should they decid...Seventeen dead in US air crash
Washington - A small passenger plane crashed Sunday in the western state Montana, killing at least 17 people includi...
Alam rejects Qadir’s charges of ‘interference’ in team’s selection procedure
London, June 15 : The Pakistan cricket coach, Intikhab Alam, has rejected former chief selector Abdul Qadir's allegat...
Space station rotates to dodge another piece of space junk
Washington - The International Space Station did an about- face rotation on Sunday in order to dodge another piece o...
Why people use mobile devices during meetings
Washington, July 5 : It''''s not communication overload but peer behaviour that determines whether people use their l...
Home 
Sports News Sports News Sharapova loses her lucky touch in three-set Wimbledon defeat
Sports News Sports News Sharapova loses her lucky touch in three-set Wimbledon defeat
| Sharapova loses her lucky touch in three-set Wimbledon defeat |
 |
 |
 |
| Written by Reetu Sharma |
| Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:36 |
 London- Maria Sharapova's charmed life over three sets was ended as Argentine underdog Gisela Dulko held off a fightback to eliminate the 2004 champion 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 for a place in the third round at the Wimbledon Championships Wednesday. The number 45 needed five match points in the final game before a Sharapova forehand went long to end the contest after two hour, 13 minutes. Sharapova had come back for victories over three sets four times at the French Open, but Dulko made sure the past was not repeated on grass. The win was her first from three attempts against Sharapova, who only resumed playing a month ago after eight months out with a shoulder injury and surgery. Sharapova, her ranking down to 60th as she slowly regains top form, began to lift, her screech increasing with the fervour of her fight, while trailing a set and 0-3. She won the second set and gave Dulko a huge scare in the third before the Argentine squeezed home a winner. Russian tenth seed Nadia Petrova advanced over Shahar Peer 6-3, 6-2 while number 14 Slovak Dominika Cibulkova booked her place against Urszula Radwanska 6-2, 6-4. Daniela Hantuchova upset China's 16th seed Zheng Jie 6-3, 7-5. In men's play on the second straight day of sunshine and warm summer temperatures, fourth seed Novak Djokovic dispatched German qualifier Simon Greul 7-5, 6-1, 6-4. Ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga didn't have to strike as ball as Italian Simone Bolelli withdrew injured before their match to give the Frenchman a walkover. Elsewhere in the second round as five-time champion Roger Federer took the court, Mardy Fish beat Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 and Israeli Dudi Sela knocked out 2008 semi-finalist Rainer Schuettler 7-6 (7-3), 6 (dpa) |
| Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:52 |