World No. 5 Maria Sharapova failled to live up to her billing as top seed at the Paris Open as she lost to fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinals.
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World No. 5 Maria Sharapova failled to live up to her billing as top seed at the Paris Open as she lost to fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinals.
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Pavlyuchenkova came from a set down, and a break early in the third, to reach her ninth WTA Tour final.
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Pavlyuchenkova came from a set down, and a break early in the third, to reach her ninth WTA Tour final.
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The 22-year-old will next play Italy's Sara Errani after the 2012 French Open finalist won an epic three-hour semifinal against home hope Alize Cornet.
Sharapova falls in France —
The 22-year-old will next play Italy's Sara Errani after the 2012 French Open finalist won an epic three-hour semifinal against home hope Alize Cornet.
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Cornet bounced back from losing the first set in a tiebreak to level the match, and then rallied from 5-3 down in the decider to force another shootout -- but lost it 7-5.
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Cornet bounced back from losing the first set in a tiebreak to level the match, and then rallied from 5-3 down in the decider to force another shootout -- but lost it 7-5.
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