May 20, 2011
The draw for the second Grand Slam of the year at Roland Garros has been released and Maria is seeded No.7 and will play Mirjana Lucic of Croatia in the first round. Maria has never played Lucic before.
The first seed Maria can meet is No.31 seed Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic in the third round. No.2 seed Kim Clijsters of Belgium is the seeded player Maria can meet in the quarters.
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Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam played on clay and Maria's best result was reaching the semis in 2007. Last year Maria lost in the 3rd round to 4-time champion Justine Henin and has 160 points to defend.
Resources : http://www.mariasharapova.com/
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