Sharapova suffers setback on comeback trail

"Hit 'em where they ain't'' is a tennis maxim that applies from top professionals right down to the lowest-rung, public-parks hacker. Several times during her 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 loss to Gisela Dulko in Wimbledon's second round Wednesday, Maria Sharapova committed the elementary error of hitting right to where her opponent was when she appeared to have an open court waiting for the coup de grace. It is what often happens when a player lacks the tiny bit of confidence that allows her an extra millisecond to make the correct, instinctive shot selection. "I had so many easy balls and I just made unforced errors," Sharapova said. "I don't know really know if that's because I haven't played. When I've had those situations before, those balls would be pieces of cake. Today, they weren't." Sharapova is coming back from a right shoulder... [read full story]                    

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