Maria Sharapova – Ekaterina Makarova

Maria Sharapova (no ranking)

Returning to the field after a break of one year and 5 months, “MaSha” showed he did not forget the tennis. In the first round in Stuttgart, the Russian player managed to beat Roberta Vinci (36 WTA) with a score of 7-5, 6-3. The service of Mary has shown absolutely fantastic, with 11 maybe successful, 81% points won with the first ball and one lost game when served.

Ekaterina Makarova (43 WTA)

The Russian player has a 2017 without significant results achieved so far. This season, Ekaterina has a 9 wins and eight defeats (8-8 on the hard) and has not managed to get through the 8th finals in the tournament they attended.

Prior to Stuttgart, Makarova played in Mexico, more precisely in the WTA tournament in Acapulco, where the Russian player was eliminated in the 8th finals by Heather Watson (111 WTA) with a score of 6-4 , 6-1.

The first round of the German tour brought a slight success for Ekaterina, despite the fact that it had evolved in front of a top opponents, Agnieszka Radwanska (8 WTA). Makarova managed to score 6-2, 6-4 in that duel.

Direct matches

The two players have met six times so far, and Maria has managed to impose itself every time, giving up just one set. The last duel took place in 2015 on the Australian Open hardcore, where Sharapova managed to score 6-3, 6-2.