CINCINNATI: Maria Sharapova of Russia hits a return in the match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia on Day 6 at the Western and Southern Open at the Linder Family Tennis Centre here Thursday. — AFP Photo
CINCINNATI, Aug 15 (AFP): French Open champion Maria Sharapova booked her quarter-final berth at the Cincinnati ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament Thursday with a straight-sets win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Fifth-seeded Sharapova needed one hour and 58 minutes to get past her fellow Russian 6-4, 7-6 (7/2).
She booked a last-eight showdown with second-seeded Romanian Simona Halep, a 6-4, 7-5 winner over Czech Lucie Safarova.
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