The second-ranked Maria Sharapova for the first time will participate in the tournament in Acapulco. The arrival of the Russian woman and her boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov in the Mexican resort became an event No1 for the local press.
The leader of the scheme began with a victory 6: 4, 6: 1 against the American Shelby Rogers. In the second round for her is waiting an easy opponent, which will be decided in the match between the qualifier Louisa Chirico (United States) and "lucky loser" Mariana Duque-Marino (Colombia).
The richest athlete in the world gave a telephone interview to Reuters, in which she said that it currently is not so important for her to return to the top of the rankings. Masha prefers to begin to overcome the dominant tennis player Serena Williams. Sharapova`s last success against the American dates from 2004.
"I would not say that the first place is my priority such as when I was younger. At the moment I would like to win against Serena. She`s an opponent, against whom I`ve had a lot of problems in recent years. I love to play against her this is a great challenge. Definitely I`m not afraid to compete with Serena, "said Maria, who lost the final of the Australian Open exactly of the smaller one of the Williams sisters.
Maria Sharapova is not considered as a favorite for the title in Acapulco. The second in the scheme is the champion of Rio de Janeiro Sara Errani and after refusing of Madison Keys third set is Caroline Garcia.
"It will be difficult. There are many girls who recorded big wins, even some of them are not among the set. So I expect a hard tournament and hope to win it because I`m the lieder after all," has finished Masha.
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