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Ana Ivanovic Beats Maria Sharapova to Advance to Rome Last Eight
Ana Ivanovic defeated Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4 in pre-quarters and will take on Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro in the last-eight clash.
Rome:
Ana Ivanovic handed Maria Sharapova her first loss of the spring clay season as she beat the Russian eighth seed 6-1, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Rome Masters. (Also read: Li Na advances to quarters)
Sharapova had won back-to-back titles in Stuttgart and Madrid, compiling a dozen straight victories. (Related: Haas upsets Wawrinka)
Ivanovic, the 2008 Roland Garros winner and world number one, had won just two of ten previous meetings with the four-time grand slam champion, the last seven years ago at a Roland Garros semi-final. (Bopanna-Qureshi knocked out)
The Serb next plays Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro.
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