Tuesday, March 17, 2015 6:25 am
Sharapova moves through to the round of 16 where she will square off against defending women’s champ Flavia Pennetta of Italy.
Caroline Wozniacki is also out. The Danish number 4 was beaten by Swiss Belinda Bencic, seeded 31, in two sets, 6-4, 6-4.
In the men’s category, Australian Bernard Tomic, seeded 32, shocked eighth seeded Spain’s David Ferrer by sending him packing in two straight sets, 7-5, 6-4.
Other results:
Women
3rd rd
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN x6) bt CoCo Vandeweghe (USA x30) 6-3, 6-2
Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) bt Alize Cornet (FRA x20) 7-5, 1-6, 6-2
Jelena Jankovic (SRB x18) bt Madison Keys (USA x16) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Belinda Bencic (SUI x31) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) 6-4, 6-4
Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR x32) 6-4, 6-3
Caroline Garcia (FRA x25) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB x5) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
Flavia Pennetta (ITA x15) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x21) 6-4, 6-2
Men
3rd rd
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT x14) 6-4, 6-4
John Isner (USA x18) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA x16) 7-6 (8/6), 6-2
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) bt Juan Monaco (ARG) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7/5)
Andy Murray (GBR x4) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x26) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Kei Nishikori (JPN x5) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP x28) 6-7 (6/8), 6-1, 6-4
Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt David Ferrer (ESP) 7-5, 6-4
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