Daria Gavrilova

Tennis: Mihaela Buzarnescu, in doubles' quarterfinals at Gippsland Trophy (WTA)

Romanian-French pair Mihaela Buzarnescu / Alize Cornet qualified on Tuesday for the quarterfinals of the doubles event of the Gippsland Trophy (WTA 500) tennis tournament in Melbourne, with total prizes of 565,530 dollars, by defeating Hayley Carter (USA) / Luisa Stefani (Brazil) 6-3, 6-1. Buzarnescu and Cornet won in only 55 minutes versus the 6th seeds.

Krunic suffers early exit in Rabat

RABAT - Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic has suffered an early exit from the Rabat WTA tournament after losing 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) to Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova in the first round on Tuesday.

Krunic will continue her Rabat campaign with her doubles partner, Daria Gavrilova of Australia.

Photo: Tennis Federation of Serbia, file

Sharapova stunned in Miami opening match

World number two Maria Sharapova crashed out of the Miami Open hardcourt tennis tournament on Thursday, beaten 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 by 97th-ranked Russian wild card Daria Gavrilova.
      
Sharapova, who has never won the WTA premier level title in Miami despite five trips to the final, was playing her opening match after a first-round bye.