Maria Sharapova Knocked Out of Warsaw

May 21, 2009

Maria has been knocked out of the Warsaw Open in the quarters.  Maria lost 2-6 2-6 to #8 seed Alona Bondarenko of the Ukraine in her first tournament back since August after recovering from a shoulder injury.

"What Maria thought about the match: ."I give her all the credit for doing all the right things and stepping up and playing her game and playing it really well.  She didn't make many unforced errors, she hit many balls back and when my balls were going a little bit shorter I tried to go for it a little bit more and wasn't as patient as I should have been. But those are the mistakes you're going to make coming back and you have to learn from those mistakes. "

Maria's thoughts about Roland Garros: "I don't have any expectations. I don't think this is a time in my career to have expectations in my second tournament back after not playing for 10 months."

Maria will now head to Roland Garros in Paris for the 2nd Grand Slam of the year.  The main draw will be released tomorrow morning so check back for news on that.

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