Russian Maria Sharapova defeated Croatian representative Mirjanu Lucic-Baroni in the first round of the tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in Madrid. This is reported by the correspondent of "Tapes. RU". The meeting took place on Sunday, May 7, and ended with a victory Sharapova with a score of 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0. Athletes spent on the court 2 hours 12 minutes. In the second round the Russian woman will meet with the Canadian tennis player Zhenya Bouchard. Future rival Sharapova takes 60th place in the WTA ranking. The meeting will be held on May 10.

In another match of the first round of the Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova was stronger than the representative of Kazakhstan Yaroslav Shvedova - 6: 3, 6: 4. The tournament in Madrid was the second for Sharapova after a 15-month suspension for the use of meldonia. April 29, the Russian woman reached the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Stuttgart, where she lost to the Frenchwoman Kristine Mladenovic. Thanks to this result, Sharapova returned to the WTA rating and took 262 place in it.

Original article: Sharapova entered the second round of the tournament in Madrid.