Wildcard Maria Sharapova bids farewell to ’20 AO as a 19th Seed Vekic vents the win

Maria Sharapova, the 32-year-old glittering former world No. 1 and five times Grand Slams Champion, has suffered a major blow at her first-round match on 2020 Australian Open on Tuesday (January 21st) morning as the 23-year-old Croatian 19th seed had seized a hard-earned triumph against the scintillating Russian.

Although a 3-6, 4-6 defeat in straight sets could deceive many, but the 1 hour and 21 minutes exhilarating match had a different story to demonstrate, as the shimmering star, Maria Sharapova, who had been out of tennis for fifteen months due to failing a drug test at the 2016 Australian Open, had shown flashes of her prior forms from time-to-time during the match against the Croatian, but botched to sustain the momentum as a shoulder injury appeared to be weighed on and on several occasion the former world No. 1’s forehand returns were turned in to unforced errors. 

Besides, the 32-year-old charishmatic lush and one of the most remarkable women in sports, ranked as the 145th before the start-off of the game, but was tossed out of top 350 after Tuesday’s (January 21st) loss, had received a wild card entry in to the 2020 Australian Open and had been up 4-1 in the second set following a 3-6 loss at the first, however, the 23-year-old 19th Seed had notched two break points and snatched the set 6-4 to vent out a victory.

In factuality, following her first-round defeat on Tuesday (January 21st) at the 20’ AO, the Russian marvel, long-adored for pin-point serves and flashy returns down-the-corners, had clocked third straight first-round defeats in Grand Slam tournaments.                                     

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