Maria Sharapova crashed out in the opening round of the Stuttgart
Open on Tuesday April 24,2018 as French sixth seed Caroline Garcia staged a fightback
to win 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4.
"This was not the result that I wanted, but I can take a lot out of this match," Sharapova said. "I've not competed for a few weeks, but I played pretty solid and did all of the right things
"I served well in the first set but had a few doubles at the wrong time. Physically, I felt quite strong."
The five-time Grand Slam champion, who turned 31 last week, looked to be in control as she made just two unforced errors in winning the opening set.
But Garcia, who had never beaten the Russian in four previous meetings — they last played in Madrid three years ago — rallied in the second set as she came from 4-2 down and levelled the contest in a tie-break.
Garcia will next take on Ukrainian qualifier Marta Kostyuk who scored a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Antonia Lottne
"This was not the result that I wanted, but I can take a lot out of this match," Sharapova said. "I've not competed for a few weeks, but I played pretty solid and did all of the right things
"I served well in the first set but had a few doubles at the wrong time. Physically, I felt quite strong."
The five-time Grand Slam champion, who turned 31 last week, looked to be in control as she made just two unforced errors in winning the opening set.
But Garcia, who had never beaten the Russian in four previous meetings — they last played in Madrid three years ago — rallied in the second set as she came from 4-2 down and levelled the contest in a tie-break.
Garcia will next take on Ukrainian qualifier Marta Kostyuk who scored a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Antonia Lottne
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