Auckland: Champion Yanina Wickmayer joined an enigmatic top seed Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals of the Auckland Classic on Wednesday, while Svetlana Kuznetsova squandered a three-games lead in the final set and crashed out. Sharapova mostly spluttered, but at times roared, to a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Renata Voracova of the Czech Republic, while second seed Wickmayer had to battle to beat German qualifier Sabine Lisicki 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Third...
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Auckland: Maria Sharapova underlined her pulling power on Monday with Auckland Classic organisers confirming they had sold out all of the day sessions for the entire tournament just minutes before she stepped on court for her first round match. A limited number of tickets for the three night sessions were left available, though all of Sharapova's matches will be played during the day and organisers said it was the first...
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