Maria plays this week the Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale in New Haven.
Tuesday, Maria won against her friend Elena Vesnina (RUS) in two hours and 14 minutes (6-1, 3-6, 6-1). « Elena started by making a lot of mistakes but in the second set my serve didn’t work so well - I hit a lot of double faults and became too passive, said Maria after the match. I changed my racquet at the start of the third and began to feel the ball again and play more aggressively. »

In the second round, Maria defeated Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) in one hour and 13 minutes (6-3, 6-1). In quarterfinal, Maria will play against Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) or Dinara Safina (RUS).
To see the singles results, click here.






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