Sharapova narrowly escapes against Garcia

No. 7 seed, Maria Sharapova of Russia, had a close call in the 2nd round of the French Open with a 3-set win over Caroline Garcia of France, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.

Sharapova lost the first set 3-6, and trailed 1-4 in the 2nd set to 17-year-old wild card Garcia. With Garcia seeming in control of the match, Sharapova went on an eleven game winning streak to close out the match.

After the match, Sharapova said, “I relaxed and just let things happen… [I had been] way too concerned about the conditions, wasn’t moving my feet and was really slow, and Caroline was playing aggressively and hitting great shots—I felt flat-footed in the beginning, and I just hit the ball finally.”

Sharapova blows Capra away

No. 14 seed Maria Sharapova blew 18-year-old Beatrice Capra away today with a 6-0, 6-0 thumping.

What Sharapova’s excellent play didn’t blow away, the blustery conditions caused by the remnant of Hurricane Earl did. Capra was not able to duplicate the level she played at in her earlier wins over No. 95 Karolina Sprem and 18th-seeded Aravane Rezai.

Lindsay Davenport wins doubles in her first tournament since 2008

Lindsay Davenport, playing in her first WTA tournament since the 2008 U.S. Open, has won the doubles title in the 2010 Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, California, USA, on Sunday afternoon.

She teamed up with Liezel Huber and defeated Yung-Jan Chan and Jie Zheng in the final Aug. 1, 7-5, 6-7 (8), (10-8).

Playing together for just the second time since teaming up for a quarterfinal showing at the 2008 Olympics, Davenport and Huber padded their impressive career doubles marks with the victory. Davenport has now won 38 career doubles titles overall while Huber has claimed 43 career championships.