Maria is trough to the semis in Birmingham after she defeated Eleni Daniilidou of Greece in another 3 set battle: 7-5 2-6 6-1.
Top seed Sharapova, who used this tournament last year as a springboard to launch her glorious Wimbledon campaign, dropped the second set after receiving treatment on her right thigh.
In the semis Maria will play 5th seed Tatiana Golovin of France.
View pictures of todays match
January 16th, 2006
Posted by: Marco
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