Wildcard entrant Maria Sharapova came to action on following her 15-month ban, however has gave the look of she ne'er very went away in winning her 3 matches to date while not dropping a group.
Former world much loved Maria Sharapova cruised into the stuttgart grand prix semi-finals on Friday, extending her winning comeback from a doping suspension with a sleek 6-3, 6-4 success over Estonian qualifier Anett Kontaveit.
Wildcard entrant Sharapova came to action on following her 15-month ban, however has gave the look of she ne'er very went away in winning her 3 matches to date while not dropping a group.
Sharapova has additionally received wildcards for forthcoming tournaments in national capital and Rome, angering some players WHO say a doping bad person ought to begin from the lower-tier tournaments and earn back ranking points instead.
Reaching the Stuttgart final could also be enough to maneuver Sharapova's ranking back over a pair of hundred and secure her a spot at intervals the qualifying tournament for the French Open, and if she did well in Madrid and Rome she may turn out the foremost draw for Wimbledon.
The Kontaveit, who battled between the Stuttgart qualifiers into the main draw, confirmed her good current form early in Friday game.
The Estonian world rank seventy six, WHO entered the eventually phrase in Biel previous this month, moved into broken double in the course of a row in defiance of the fact that as Sharapova upped the strain, disrespectful each serve of her opponent to win five games throughout a row.
Sharapova broke over again early at intervals the second set and despite double dropping her serve throughout a late bout of nerves she broke the Estonian over again, protection success on the first purpose as Kontaveit sent a forehand long.
The US-based Russian will next play the winner of the quarter-final between France's Kristina Mladenovic and European Carla Suarez Navarro.