Maria Sharapova escaped another early round exit today against Marta Domachowska at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. They were exchanging breaks almost all throughout the match- no one wanted to hold it seemed. Of course there was no TV coverage here in the US but I was closely following the live score feed. Masha had 17 double faults (matching her best? record) to Marta’s 13 and 12 aces to Marta’s 5. Both players took injury time outs; Masha for her shoulder and Marta for her back. I could only imagine how ugly this match was to watch! If Masha does not fix that shoulder issue, she’ll never be as dominating as she should be in the women’s field. Sigh. Final score was 7-5 5-7 6-2.
**UPDATE** Sharapova pulls out of Rogers Cup.
She said her presence at the Olympics and the U.S. Open in the coming weeks will depend largely on the results from Thursday’s tests.
“At the end of the day, it’s tough to go on court and not be close to even 50 per cent,” Sharapova said. “I’m too good of a player to go out there and try to fight through something that I think can eventually become something serious.”
Become serious? Isn’t it already?
Ahh, Mash can’t catch a break. LE SIGH
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