Sharapova beat Nadia Petrova with 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 sets. Now, Masha is on quarter finale on US Open. Petrova took a 4-0 lead in the second set, Maria managed to win the next three games to get the set back on serve but Petrova took two of the next three games to go to a decisive third set. Tuesday 4 September, Maria Sharapova will face Marion Bartoli in QF of US Open, 2nd match on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
"I have had some ups and downs from the second set, I did not always understand my chances, but on the end I really just tried and gave all." This is to get out the big jeu.
"During the break, my coach told me to pull together me because I was going to not go very far in continuing like this, said Maria." "I am very pleased to find the quarter-finals here, which was so long.
Sharapova has never lost to the Frenchwoman, but in one sense that doesn’t matter because when Bartoli catches fire she is capable of taking down anyone. Just ask Petra Kvitova, whom she buried in the last two sets of her three-set victory after being crushed by her just last month in Montreal.
The problem for Bartoli in this match is that Sharapova has been serving very well, with hard, well-placed first serves and heavy second serves. If Bartoli does not match her in that department, then Sharapova will be teeing off with her returns and the Frenchwoman won’t have a chance to control the center of the court.
