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Sharapova rallies to beat Dushevina at Indian Wells

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11:52 13/03/2010

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MOSCOW, March 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Maria Sharapova beat compatriot Vera Dushevina to progress to the third round at the Indian Wells $4.5 million BNP Paribas Open tennis event.

The former world number one, who won the event in 2006, came back from a set down to win 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Sharapova, seeded tenth, will face China's Zheng Jie, seeded 18, in the next round.

Fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva beat Belarusian Olga Govortsova 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

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