Petra Kvitova defeats Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon 2011

July 02, 2011

Maria's run at Wimbledon is over as she lost 3-6 4-6 to No.8 seed Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in the final in 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Maria won the toss at the net before the match and elected to receive, and she broke for a 1-0 lead as Kvitova missed three forehands. Maria's serve was then tested for the first time in the next game, and Maria was broken when she hit a forehand long. Maria had a chance to break in the next game but was unable to take it. A few games later Kvitova broke Maria to lead 4-2 when Maria double-faulted. Both players held their serves in the next two service games and then Kvitova held her serve to take the set 6-3.

Kvitova took a 2-0 in the second set then Maria came back to level the set 2-2. The next three game were breaks of serve and then Kvitova held her serve to love to take the championship.

When the new WTA rankings are released on Monday, Maria moves up to No.5 with 6141 points.

Maria's next tournament is the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford beginning on July 25th.

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