We will have a new champion of "Roland Garros". This happened after at the second round the 13th placed Lucie Safarova from Czech Republic beat the winner of 2012 and 2014 and finalist in 2013, Maria Sharapova with 7:6 (3), 6:4.
The left-handed started with a break for 2:1, but Sharapova was able to return. By the end of the set both played aggressively and turned winners with unforced errors. Naturally, it came to a tiebreak. On it Safarova was unstoppable and the change of the field came at 5:1 points for her. Immediately after that she reached to five set-balls and Lucie finished the second part after a total of one hour game.
The Czech woman continioned to play better. She broke for 2:0 and then solidified. Masha tied the game and managed to return the break for 2:3 thanks to a double error of her rival. Then she reached to 3:3 after a blunder of Safarova at a break point when she didn`t hit the empty court. The drama came in the tenth game. At service of the Russian the left-handed came twice to match point and the second time ended the match with her 34th winning shot.
Lucie for the first time in her career reached the quarterfinals in Paris. There her opponent will be the Spaniard Muguruza.
The two tennis players have not met in an official match.
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