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 | Sharapova is the first semi-finalist in Cincinnati19-08-2011 |
Russia's Maria Sharapova became the first semi-finalist of the strongest tennis tournament on hard courts in Cincinnati (USA) with a prize of 2,050,000 dollars. Fourth-seeded Sharapova took tenth in the scheme Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-3, 6-2 in 72 minutes. The Russian sample five times and the submission of the Australian record ninth success in nine matches against Stosur. So she reached for the sixth time to the semifinal in the tournament is 12, which involved this season and the victory ensures climb to fifth place in the WTA rankings on Monday. For the second consecutive spot in finals in Cincinnati Russian woman will face the winner of the match between No. 2 Vera Zvonareva (Russia) and Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia), which is later today.