Sharapova loses in third round at Rogers Cup

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Galina Voskoboeva beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 7-5 at the Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament.

12 August,2011 12:20 pm

Maria Sharapova had an upset loss to 135th-ranked Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan at the Rogers Cup, becoming the latest casualty of a draw which has lost 11 of the 16 seeds.The 26-year-old Voskoboeva, who ousted Marion Bartoli and Flavia Pennetta to reach the third round, beat fifth-seeded Sharapova 6-3, 7-5 with soft drop shots and had the veteran chasing balls to the baseline throughout the match.Hours earlier, No 6-seeded Li Na lost 6-2, 6-4 to No 10 Samantha Stosur of Australia. Li became the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title two months ago at the French Open.No 11 Andrea Petkovic of Germany also reached the quarterfinals after cruising by Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-2.Third-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia is also out, losing 6-4, 7-6 (4) to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.Serena Williams advanced with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Chinese qualifier Zheng Jie, taking momentum in the second and dictating play from there.Williams will face Lucie Safarova next. The Czech downed eighth seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-3, 6-3.Fourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus booked her spot in the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain, while Roberta Vinci of Italy who eliminated top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki the previous day defeated Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, 7-6 (3), 6-2.