Maria won wednesday in the round of 16 of Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome against Dominika Cibulkova (SVK). The score : 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 in two hours and 13 minutes.
The quarterfinal will be against the world number one, Serena Williams (USA) ! Maria has played her twice before and was defeated in 2004 at the French Open and in 2006 in Los Angeles.
To see the singles results, click here.
Then, Maria played the doubles match with compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and won by retirement their second round against Cara Black (ZIM) and Elena Vesnina (RUS). The score : 6-2, 0-0.
To see the doubles results, click here.











