
Maria Sharapova is back in the third-round at the U.S. Open and for the second-straight year will play a teenaged American wild card.
Sharapova, the No. 14 seed, breezed through her match against Iveta Benesova, 6-1, 6- Thursday night inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The 2006 Open champ will meet Beatrice Capra, the No. 371-ranked woman, who advanced to the third round with a three-set win over No. 18 Aravane Rezai. Last year, Sharapova lost in the third round to Melanie Oudin in three sets.
?I think that?s the great thing about the U.S. Open to see young Americans doing well,? Sharapova said. ?It?s so great to see and to see young players coming up and play great tennis.?






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