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PARIS (Reuters) - Former world number one Maria Sharapova was her usual belligerent self as she booked a place in the French Open quarter-finals with a 7-6 7-5 win over Polish 12th seed Agnieszka Radwanska on Monday.
Seventh seed Sharapova, who has yet to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup, went 4-1 down in the opening set as she sprinkled the court with unforced errors but fought back to force a tiebreak she won 7-4.
The Russian went a break down in the second set, argued with the umpire over a few line calls and then saved five set points before sealing a two-hour win when Radwanska sent a backhand wide.
Sharapova blew kisses to the crowd in delight as she set up a meeting with countrywoman Maria Kirilenko, the 25th seed, or German 15th seed Andrea Petkovic.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot, editing by Tony Jimenez. To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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Seventh seed Sharapova, who has yet to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup, went 4-1 down in the opening set as she sprinkled the court with unforced errors but fought back to force a tiebreak she won 7-4.
The Russian went a break down in the second set, argued with the umpire over a few line calls and then saved five set points before sealing a two-hour win when Radwanska sent a backhand wide.
Sharapova blew kisses to the crowd in delight as she set up a meeting with countrywoman Maria Kirilenko, the 25th seed, or German 15th seed Andrea Petkovic.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot, editing by Tony Jimenez. To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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