Feb 26, 2015
Sharapova into the semis in Acapulco
Maria Sharapova needed three sets Thursday to get by Magdalena Rybarikova and reach the semifinals at the Mexican Open tennis event. The top-seeded Sharapova lost the second set but wound up pulling out a 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 victory on the hardcourts at the Acapulco Princess.
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Acapulco, Mexico (SportsNetwork.com) - Maria Sharapova needed three sets Thursday to get by Magdalena Rybarikova and reach the semifinals at the Mexican Open tennis event.
The top-seeded Sharapova lost the second set but wound up pulling out a 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 victory on the hardcourts at the Acapulco Princess.
Her next opponent is third-seeded Caroline Garcia, who won the first set against Mirjana Lucic-Baroni and was leading in the second before Lucic-Baroni was forced to retire.
The other semifinal will pit Timea Bacsinszky against Sesil Karatantcheva. The fifth-seeded Bacsinszky cruised past Johanna Larsson, 6-3, 6-3, while Karatantcheva outlasted Monica Puig, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4.
This week's winner will pocket $43,000.