Sharapova Crashes Out to Teenage Sensation Melanie [Scot Region Edition 2]

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MARIA SHARAPOVA served an extraordinary 21 double faults as the world's most highly rewarded and glamorous sportswoman made an ignominious departure from the US Open at the hands of American teenager Melanie Oudin.

The 17-year-old from Georgia kept her nerve to reach the fourth round with a 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 triumph after two hours and 58 minutes of compelling drama. As the crowd saluted the resilience and maturity of Oudin, Sharapova looked a woman on the edge of despair.

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Sharapova Crashes Out to Teenage Sensation Melanie [Scot Region Edition 2]

Her inability to serve with authority or confidence is a legacy of the serious injury to her right shoulder that kept...

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