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Sharapova out as Wimbledon shocks continue

The upsets continued at Wimbledon as women's third seed Maria Sharapova was knocked out in the se...
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17.55 26 Jun 2013


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Sharapova out as Wimbledon shocks continue

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The upsets continued at Wimbledon as women's third seed Maria Sharapova was knocked out in the second round

The Russian lost to Michelle Larcher de Brito in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. Her opponent  is ranked at World 131 but Sharapova was not moving freely as she seemed to be affected by a hip injury.

Men's 6th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has become the latest player to have his championship ended by injury.

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Tsonga was trailing Latvia's Ernests Gulbis by two sets to one when he was unable to continue with a knee injury.

The Frenchman was the seventh player to withdraw injured today after women's second seed Victoria Azarenka and Rafael Nadal's conqueror, Steve Darcis were among the others.


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