Sharapova just happy to be back

Fit-again former champion insists it is too early to talk of winning tournaments By Paul Newman, Tennis Correspondent There have been times over the last year when Maria Sharapova might have wondered whether she would ever play here again, but at 1pm this afternoon the 2004 champion will walk on to Court One to play Viktoriya Kutuzova. Sharapova is nowhere near back to her best, but after 10 months out of the game following shoulder surgery she is just happy to be here. Sharapova's problems were evident last summer when she lost in the second round to a fellow Russian, Alla Kudryavtseva. It was her earliest Grand Slam loss since the US Open in 2003. Her long road back to fitness finally saw her return to the court last month and she enjoyed a good run in the French Open, where she reached the quarter-finals, with Nadia... [read full story]                    

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