Sharapova Loses at Wimbledon as High Seeds Forced to Quit
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Maria Sharapova lost her second-round match at Wimbledon as men’s sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and women’s No. 2 seed Victoria Azarenka were among a record seven players who dropped out of the grass-court tournament today.
Sharapova of Russia was upset by Michelle Larcher de Brito, a qualifier ranked 128 places below her. The Portuguese player beat the 2004 champion 6-3, 6-4, on Court 2 at the All England Club in London. It was the earliest loss at the grass-court tennis tournament for Sharapova since 2009. Larcher de Brito, ranked 131st on the women’s WTA tour, had never before reached the third round.