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Sharapova Defeats Bartoli to Reach U.S. Open Semifinals

Maria Sharapova shakes hands with Marion Bartoli after their 2012 US Open match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 5, 2012

05:51 06/09/2012

MOSCOW, September 6 (RIA Novosti)

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Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova on Wednesday defeated France’s Marion Bartoli 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the U.S. Open semifinals.

The match between Sharapova, the world No. 3, and eleventh seed Bartoli lasted two hours 32 minutes.

Sharapova will play top seed Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, who beat world No. 7 Australia’s Samantha Stosur 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5).

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