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\"SharapovaParis<\/strong>: Maria Sharapova <\/a>reached her first French Open <\/a>final Thursday after a comfortable straight-sets win over world No. 4 Petra Kvitova. The Russian will meet Italy’s Sara Errani in the final.<\/p>\n

Sharapova breezed past the Czech player 6-3, 6-3 to join 21st seed Errani in Saturday’s final, her second Grand Slam final in a row after defeat at the Australian Open in January.<\/p>\n

A win would make Sharapova only the 10th player in women’s tennis history to achieve the career Grand Slam of wins at all four major tournaments.<\/p>\n

Boosted by 79 percent first-serve accuracy and consistent power, Sharapova did not come close to dropping a set, as she did for the only time in the tournament against her first Czech opponent, Klara Zakopalova.<\/p>\n

For Kvitova, defeat means that her eight-month wait to play in a tournament final continues.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Errani upset reigning U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur to reach her first Grand Slam final.<\/p>\n

Errani held onto an early break in the first set but was subjected to a second-set thrashing by her Australian opponent, the losing finalist at Roland Garros in 2010, only to recover in the decider for a 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 win.<\/p>\n

Errani has beaten three higher-seeded players on her way to the final, and scalped former champions Svetlana Kuznetsova and Ana Ivanovic.<\/p>\n

The result means that the Italian will play in two French Open finals this weekend after she and partner Roberta Vinci won their women’s doubles semifinal Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Italian pair’s opponents will be Russia’s Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova, who reached the final with a 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 win in a rain-interrupted match against Czech fifth seeds Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova that finished Thursday. (IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sharapova breezed past the Czech player 6-3, 6-3 to join 21st seed Errani in Saturday’s final, her second Grand Slam final in a row after defeat at the Australian Open in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4638,1740],"class_list":["post-7147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-french-open","tag-french-open","tag-maria-sharapova"],"yoast_head":"\nSharapova thrash Kvitova to reach French Open final - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7147\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sharapova thrash Kvitova to reach French Open final - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paris: Maria Sharapova reached her first French Open final Thursday after a comfortable straight-sets win over world No. 4 Petra Kvitova. 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