Maria Sharapova's bandaged right shoulder held up despite a shaky start, sending her into the second round of the French Open with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus in almost two hours.

The unseeded Russian was broken three times in the first set of Monday's match, but she opened the second with four straight wins before being broken once again. Before the start of the next game, Yakimova called for a trainer to work on her lower back.

Sharapova made her season debu...

The draw for the 2nd Grand Slam of the year at Roland Garros has been released and Maria is unseeded and will play Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus in the 1st round.  Maria has never played her before. 
Because Maria is unseeded, she could face the #11 seed Nadia Petrova of Russia in the second round.
Maria has played Roland Garros every year since 2003 and her best performance was reaching the semis in 2007.  Last year Maria reached the 4th round and since 2004 has never lost before that round.

Maria Sharapova's comeback from injury came to an abrupt halt when she was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko in the quarter-finals of the claycourt Warsaw Open.
The 22-year-old Russian is back in action after nine and a half months out with a shoulder problem, but having advanced through the first two rounds she found no answer to eighth seed Bondarenko's speed and superior movement.

Maria Sharapova eased past Darya Kustova of Belarus 6-2, 6-0 on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Warsaw Open, her first singles tournament since coming back from shoulder surgery.

The three-time Grand Slam title winner needed only 57 minutes to eliminate Kustova. "I played a solid game and did everything that I had to do in order to win today," Sharapova said. "More importantly right now than ever, is just to do the right things and to work on my game. It doesn't really matter who I'm playing."

Maria just won her comeback match in Warshau 6-1, 6(6)-7 and 6-3. The first set went pretty smooth but in the second she seemed to get a bit nervous. After the pep talk by Micheal Joyce in the third her level went up again and won the final 3 games straight up.