Sharapova overcomes injury, challenge at JPMorgan - 俄網 Tennis

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莎娃今天贏的很艱辛
除了先前因而退賽的背傷
今天因為右胸肌肉發炎，貼了很大一塊，詳細狀況還有待檢察…
還有感冒…是怎樣= =+

小Anna也有傷在身，大家都要健健康康呀。

Updated: Aug. 11, 2005, 10:36 PM ET
Sharapova survives challenge from Chakvetadze

CARSON, Calif. -- Maria Sharapova survived an injury and another
challenge from a fellow Russian, defeating Anna Chakvetadze 4-6,
6-4, 7-5 Thursday in a third-round match at the JPMorgan Chase Open.

(抱怨一下這比賽的網站，完全沒有即時比分，更新超慢…
今天比數莫名混亂，有說莎娃贏第一盤、有說輸一盤趕兩盤，WTA是說贏第一盤。)

Playing her first tournament since losing in the semifinals at Wimbledon,
Sharapova made numerous errors that allowed the 34th-ranked Chakvetadze
to prolong her upset bid.

Sharapova said she played in pain from an inflamed right pectoral muscle
that affected her ability to serve hard and pound forehands.

"It wasn't me out there today," she said. "I'm serving 93 miles per hour and
not hitting my forehand. With that, it's tough to come out against a player
that has nothing to lose."

Sharapova said she first injured the muscle in October in Zurich, playing
with heavier balls.

"Since then, it's been an on and off problem for me," she said. "I don't
think the pain is going to go away with me trying to play and hit as hard
as I can."

She had an MRI Wednesday that showed the muscle is inflamed, not torn. She
taped it for the match, and planned to seek treatment Thursday night.

Sharapova is trying to take over the No. 1 world ranking from Lindsay
Davenport, the defending champion who is out with a back injury. Sharapova
trails Davenport by 23 points and could become the first Russian to be No. 1
depending on her results this week.

Also bothered by a sore throat and cold, Sharapova didn't rule out withdrawing
, depending on how she feels Friday. The tournament has been hard-hit by the
injury withdrawals of Davenport, Serena Williams, Mary Pierce, Vera Zvonareva
and Elena Likhovtseva.

"There's no pressure at all," she said. "It's not important for me to play."

She needed a tiebreaker to beat Russian compatriot Maria Kirilenko 7-6 (7),
6-2 in her opening match Tuesday.

This time, Sharapova dropped the first set and was tied 4-4 in the second.
She held serve, then broke to win the second set when Chakvetadze pulled a
backhand wide.

Chakvetadze required a medical timeout in the third set to treat a left
groin strain. Three games later, she slipped and fell, but got up and
finished the match.

"I pulled my muscle in my leg, so I didn't feel so well," she said. "I was
really upset because I felt I could win. I had a little bit bad luck."

Sharapova was broken to open the final set, then blew double break point to
trail 2-0. Tied 4-all, Sharapova won three of the last four games, hitting a
forehand volley winner on match point, to end the 2-hour, 18-minute match.

"Without playing great, without having a forehand or a serve, you win,"
Sharapova said. "The bad thing is I can't really hit a big serve and you
feel like crap."

Third-seeded Elena Dementieva played No. 17 Marion Bartoli of France, and
No. 9 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia faced Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine
in the evening matches at Home Depot Center.

In other matches, fourth-seeded Nadia Petrova beat No. 15 Klara Koukalova
of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4; No. 5 Kim Clijsters defeated No. 12 Dinara
Safina of Russia 6-0, 7-5; No. 13 Francesca Schiavone of Italy got by Varvara
Lepchenko of Uzbekistan 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; and Italian Tatiana Garbin defeated
American Lisa Raymond 6-4, 6-3.

Conchita Martinez advanced to the quarterfinals when Eleni Daniilidou of
Greece retired because of a sprained left ankle after losing the first set
6-1.

After rolling through the first set against Safina, Clijsters was broken
twice in the second. She needed three match points before Safina's forehand
error ended the match.

"Maybe it was going too easy for me," Clijsters said. "I hung in there and I
ended well, that's the most important thing."

Two years ago in Carson, Clijsters became the world's top-ranked player.
Injuries sidelined her for much of last year, but she has won three titles
so far this year.


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