Sharapova makes winning grass return.
BIRMINGHAM (AFP) – Former world number one Maria Sharapova cruised into the second round of the WTA Birmingham grasscourt event here on Monday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Canada's Stephanie Dubois.
The unseeded 22-year-old Russian, twice a winner at the Edgbaston Priory Club, will now play American 19-year-old Alexa Glatch, who defeated ninth-seeded compatriot Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7-6 (7/2), 6-3.
It was Sharapova's first grasscourt match of the season but she raced into a 4-1 lead before surviving a break and closing out the set.
The 2004 Wimbledon champion was broken again early in the second set but hit back to break Dubois in games five and seven to complete a routine 74-minute victory.
The 2004 Wimbledon champion was broken again early in the second set but hit back to break Dubois in games five and seven to complete a routine 74-minute victory.
In the day's all-British first-round tie, Melanie South defeated wild card Katie O'Brien in three sets, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7/5).
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