May 19, 2010
Maria scored a comprehensive 6-3 6-0 victory over Dia Evtimova of Bulgaria to advance to the quarters at the Internationaux de Strasbourg. Maria's straight set victory took only 62 minutes.
Throughout the entire match Maria wasn't troubled by the Bulgarian qualifier and never dropped serve in the straight set victory - in fact Maria had a near perfect record on winning points on her first serve which was 96%.
Here is what Maria had to say about the win today: "I served much better today and returned better too. I'm happy to get the win today against a player I didn't know and who had already played four matches here in Strasbourg."
Maria talks about her quarter-final match-up: "I'll need to be solid in my next match. She's a player who is improving all the time, but I'll focus on my own game and hope to have five matches here."
In the quarters to be played on Thursday, Maria will face Julia Goerges of Germany. Maria has never played Goerges before and this is the 3rd match on Centre Court and the schedule of play begins at 11.00CET (5.00ET & 2.00PT).
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