Maria Sharapova's return from shoulder surgery suffered a serious setback on Wednesday when she was knocked out of Wimbledon in the second round by the Argentinian Gisela Dulko. Hoping to reprise the form the saw her become the second youngest women to win the title in the open era in 2004 when she was just 17, Sharapova instead seemed to be suffering some inevitable rust during a tough 2-6 6-3 4-6 defeat, having spent nine months on the sidelines after the shoulder surgery which did not allow her to defend her Australian Open title in January. Despite reaching the quarter-finals of the French Open last month and the semi-finals of a lead-up event in Birmingham, Sharapova admitted before Wimbledon that she was uncertain about her prospects given her lack of match practice. However, as much as her own fitness, it was the... [read full story]
