The Dhaka Times Desk Maria Sharapova played great in the Open GDF tennis tournament and lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semi-finals of her country in 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 sets!
For a long time, the glamor girl of tennis, Maria Sharapova, could not find herself. But suddenly, the world got that Sharapova back at the Paris Open. Sharapova played brilliantly throughout the tournament and advanced to the semis. She faced compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semi-finals. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beating Sharapova is seen by the world as the greatest event of all time.
Many assumed that Maria Sharapova would be the strong contender for this year's Shirpa. Because Maria played well in all the matches and in the quarter-final match, the eighth seed Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium was directly defeated by 6-2, 6-2 sets and entered the last four.
On the other hand, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated fourth seed Angelique Kerber of Germany 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) in the quarter-finals and reached the semi-finals.
However, everyone thought that the semi-final match between the two compatriots would be a fortnight. Maria Sharapova was in great form so everyone assumed Sharapova was going to the final. That's how the game started. Sharapova cruised past Pavlyuchenkova 3-0 in the first set. But after some time, Pavlyuchenkova knows his race! Come back to the game in a great way. Devastated Sharapova in two consecutive sets. He won the entire game in 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 sets!
In another semi-final, the Irani-Cornet fight was very intense. The result is decided in the tribreaker! Irani won in 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (5) sets.
Sara Irani and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will meet in the Paris Open final.
Source: ABC
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