European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 30 stars and stripes Mideast edition july Sharapov cruises into fourth round 04 Wimbledon Champ finishes before second rain delay of Day by Steven wine the associated press England Maria Sharapov beat the rain and Ai with showers moving in at Sharapov hurried to close out a Victory saturday Over the Victory came after the Start of the Days play was delayed nearly four Light rain fell in the final and Sharapov was serving at 4015 when Umpire Lynn Welch climbed Down from her chair to Check the condition of the she ordered play to de spite protests from and two Points later Sharapov hit a forehand Winner to Advance to the fourth its just a weird be cause you know the rain is com said who won Wimbledon in youre just thinking you might be a match Point up and you have to go and wait to finish the its a Little bit of a tense i heard the weather is not sup posed to be Good for the rest of the so it was really Good to the grounds Crew pulled a Tarp Over the court As the players de and matches were sus Only one other singles match was completed before the second delay defending Champion ame lie Maur Esmo beat Mara santan Sugiyama said the grass was Slippery in the final two games of her and rain became heavier before the final of course its not easy to Stop right she but at the same time i didst want to give it away if its not easy to it seems like giving i just thought it was too wet to with Sharapov eager to she hit a backhand at 4015 that might have sealed the but a Linesman called the shot the Umpire overruled and or dered the Point and Sharapov glared at the lines its the third Call that the Guy got she you look at him and Hes wearing he loses All credibility at that Sharapov said the sore Shoul Der she has been nursing re quires at least a couple of hours of treatment every so she was encouraged by improvement in her her top Speed was 114 she made 81 percent of her first and lost Only 13 service my serve worked really she i had a great percent age of first the average Speed was higher than it has been in the last few which is its definitely something that will help me going on from Sharapov failed to convert her first seven breakpoints chances before hitting a forehand Winner to break Sugiyama for a 32 Sharapov held her next two service games at love and took the set when Sugiyama hit her Only double fault on set Sharapov faltered briefly to Start the second she fell be Hind prompting angry screaming from her father and she broke Back and held at love to take the Lead for Good at Sharapov finished with 30 win ners to eight for three time Champion Venus hoping to Advance to a fourth round match against led Akiko origami when their match was sus rain earlier sent spectators clustering under umbrellas and crowding into souvenir five ducks a Mother and four babies took up residence on court 5 until an animal care organization was summoned to transport them to a Sanctuary South of play has been interrupted by rain on five of the tournaments first six Wimbledon officials said any backlog of matches necessitate play on Sun traditionally an off Day mid Way through the Tennis scoreboard Anja russian Maria Sharapov reacts As she plays japans Ai Sugiyama in a third round match at Wimbledon on Sharapov won Maure Smos wait to play was a lot longer than her she had 11 aces and Only nine in forced errors to beat Santangelo in 57 Maur Esmo saved her Best shot for the final game she ran beyond the sideline chasing a shot near the net and pulled a Back hand Cross court off the shoe tops for a two Points Maur Esmo hit an Ace to close out the seeded the frenchwoman was pleased with the Way she handled the delay before her youre in constant she you talk with your you do but in one part of your you know you can youre not completely re you still have to be ready to go and i thought i did that pretty Well Wimbledon saturday at the All England Lawn Tennis croquet club England purse million grand slam surface grass outdoor singles women third round Amelie Maur Esmo Mara Santangelo Maria Sharapov Ai Sug Iyama doubles mixed first round James Auckland and Claire Brit Lee Childs and Katie Brit seeds fared Friday men third round Roger Federer Marat Safin Andy Roddick United Fernando Janko Fernando Gonzalez Juan Carlos Ferrero James Blake United Richard Gasquet edouard Tommy Haas Dmitry Tursunova Paulhenri Ivan Ljubicic women third round Justine Henin Elena Vest Jelena Jankovic Lucie Saf a Rova czech Serena Williams United Milagros Michaella Krajicek Anna Chak Vetanze 76 67 Laura United Martina hinges Daniela Han Kuchova Katarina Srebotnik Patty Schnyder Alona Bondarenko Marion Bartoli Shahar peer Amelie Maur Esmo help illustrate our 2008 Calendar and you could win a digital camera Send us your by entering Yotter Best downrange depicting what life is like for you in the War enter by july 16 at an d we ii t
