She saved 2 match points and had to draw on all her important match to finally approach a competitor who is ranked #150 in the World 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 after 2 hours 46 minutes.

Maria Sharapova was remained battling for positives later then her unidentified fellow citizen lef her red faced and agitated in a centre court competition she was awaited to breeze through.

Sharapova vs Alexandra Panova

Sharapova mentioned “I was a single point further from being out of this series twice today and not performing my best tennis therefore now I am glad that approached that end point”.

In 2008 the 27 year old Sharapova achieved the Australian title however as well has a period of battling in the heat in Melbourne, especially throughout the early rounds, consisting a primary round exit in 2010.

In the third round (APF) she encountered Zarina Diyas from Kazakhstan.

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