Fifth seed Maria Sharapova ground out a 6-4 6-3 win over Croatia's Jelena Kostanic Tosic on Monday to set up a mouth-watering Australian Open second-round clash with former world number one Lindsay Davenport.
Russian Sharapova, losing finalist at Melbourne Park last year, was pushed all the way by an opponent ranked 102nd in the world.
Sharapova, who made 21 unforced errors, broke Tosic's serve early in the first set and twice in the second to seal victory in 88 minutes.
In round 2, Maria will play Lindsay Davenport who is playing only her 5th tournament since having a baby so is unseeded. Maria has played Davenport 5 times before and leads the series 4-1 although they have never played in Australia before. This match will be played on Tuesday.
January 14th, 2008
Posted by: Marco
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